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.
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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
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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
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2-8 Name: John Bowman x
2-9 Representing: TriTech Regional Council
2-10 City: Houston
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2-12 Name: Inez Eppright x
2-13 Representing: Texas Dept. of
2-14 Transportation
2-15 City: Austin
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2-17 Name: Curtis Toews x
2-18 Representing: Texas Dept. of
2-19 Transportation
2-20 City: Austin
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