1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the placement of signs along certain public roads.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 393.002, Transportation Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 393.002. SIGN PLACEMENT PROHIBITED. Except as provided
1-7 by Section 393.0025, a [A] person may not place a sign on the
1-8 right-of-way of a public road unless the placement is authorized by
1-9 state law.
1-10 SECTION 2. Chapter 393, Transportation Code, is amended by
1-11 adding Section 393.0025 to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 393.0025. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SIGN
1-13 PLACEMENT. (a) A person may not place a sign on the right-of-way
1-14 of a road or highway maintained by a municipality unless the
1-15 placement is authorized by the municipality.
1-16 (b) This section does not apply to the right-of-way of a
1-17 road or highway in the state highway system.
1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1908 was passed by the House on April
11, 1997, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1908 on May 28, 1997, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1908 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 26, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor