1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 112 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 14, 1993; January 19, 1993, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 15, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; 1-6 April 15, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-9 Armbrister x 1-10 Leedom x 1-11 Carriker x 1-12 Henderson x 1-13 Madla x 1-14 Moncrief x 1-15 Patterson x 1-16 Rosson x 1-17 Shapiro x 1-18 Wentworth x 1-19 Whitmire x 1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 112 By: Carriker 1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-22 AN ACT 1-23 relating to the regulation of outdoor signs in certain areas of 1-24 certain counties; providing a penalty. 1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-26 SECTION 1. Article 2, Chapter 221, Acts of the 69th 1-27 Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (Article 6674v-3, Vernon's Texas 1-28 Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 18 to read as 1-29 follows: 1-30 Sec. 18. REGULATION ON STATE HIGHWAY 288. (a) The 1-31 legislature finds that: 1-32 (1) State Highway 288 is frequented for scenic 1-33 purposes by residents from every part of the state; and 1-34 (2) protecting the scenic characteristics of the 1-35 highway is of concern to the entire state. 1-36 (b) The power granted under this section is to encourage the 1-37 scenic use of State Highway 288. 1-38 (c) The Texas Department of Transportation may license, 1-39 control, or otherwise regulate the erection of a sign that is 1-40 located within 1,000 feet of the center line of that part of State 1-41 Highway 288 that is located in the unincorporated area of the 1-42 county. 1-43 (d) This section applies to signs erected on or after the 1-44 effective date of this Act. 1-45 (e) A violation of a regulation adopted under this section 1-46 is a Class C misdemeanor. 1-47 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-48 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-49 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-50 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-51 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-52 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-53 * * * * * 1-54 Austin, 1-55 Texas 1-56 April 15, 1993 1-57 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-58 President of the Senate 1-59 Sir: 1-60 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was 1-61 referred S.B. No. 112, have had the same under consideration, and I 1-62 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the 1-63 recommendation that it do not pass, but that the Committee 1-64 Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do pass and be printed. 1-65 Armbrister, 1-66 Chairman 1-67 * * * * * 1-68 WITNESSES 2-1 FOR AGAINST ON 2-2 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-3 Name: Dick Ingram x 2-4 Representing: Outdoor Advertising Assoc. 2-5 Tx. 2-6 City: Austin 2-7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-8 Name: John Bowman x 2-9 Representing: TriTech Regional Council 2-10 City: Houston 2-11 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-12 Name: Inez Eppright x 2-13 Representing: Texas Dept. of 2-14 Transportation 2-15 City: Austin 2-16 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-17 Name: Curtis Toews x 2-18 Representing: Texas Dept. of 2-19 Transportation 2-20 City: Austin 2-21 -------------------------------------------------------------------