Amend HB 3207 by striking Section 6 of the bill (page 5,
lines 5-13) and substituting the following:
      SECTION 6.  Section 255.007, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 255.007.  NOTICE REQUIREMENT ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING
SIGNS. (a)  The following notice must be written on each political
advertising sign:
      "NOTICE:  IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW (CHAPTERS 392 AND
393, TRANSPORTATION CODE) <Article 2372cc, VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL
STATUTES, AND ARTICLE 6674v-7,REVISED STATUTES)>, TO PLACE THIS
SIGN IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A HIGHWAY."
      (b)  A person commits an offense if the person:
            (1)  knowingly enters into a contract to print or make
a political advertising sign that does not contain the notice
required by Subsection (a); or
            (2)  instructs another person to place a political
advertising sign that does not contain the notice required by
Subsection (a).
      (c)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
      (d)  It is an exception to the application of Subsection (b)
that the political advertising sign was printed or made before the
effective date of the amendment to this section made by HB 3207,
Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, and complied
with Subsection (a) as it existed immediately before that date.
      (e)  In this section, "political advertising sign" means a
written form of political advertising designed to be seen from a
road but does not include a bumper sticker.