1-1 By: Siebert (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1908
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1997;
1-3 April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 9, 1997, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; May 9, 1997,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1908 By: Nixon
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the placement of signs along certain public roads.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 393.002, Transportation Code, is amended
1-13 to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 393.002. SIGN PLACEMENT PROHIBITED. Except as provided
1-15 by Section 393.0025, a [A] person may not place a sign on the
1-16 right-of-way of a public road unless the placement is authorized by
1-17 state law.
1-18 SECTION 2. Chapter 393, Transportation Code, is amended by
1-19 adding Section 393.0025 to read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 393.0025. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SIGN
1-21 PLACEMENT. A person may not place a sign on the right-of-way of a
1-22 road or highway maintained by a municipality unless the placement
1-23 is authorized by the municipality.
1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-25 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-28 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-29 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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