By Jones of Lubbock H.B. No. 2997
75R9292 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of outdoor advertising in certain dry
1-3 areas.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 108.56, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 108.56. DRY AREAS. (a) Except as provided by
1-8 Subsection (b), no [No] person may erect or maintain a billboard or
1-9 electric sign in an area or zone where the sale of alcoholic
1-10 beverages is prohibited by law.
1-11 (b) A person may erect or maintain a billboard in an area or
1-12 zone where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law if:
1-13 (1) the billboard is within 1,500 feet of the premises
1-14 that the billboard advertises; and
1-15 (2) an interstate highway separates the premises and
1-16 the billboard.
1-17 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-23 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-1 Amend H.B. 2997 as follows:
2-2 (1) On page 1, between lines 12 and 13, insert the
2-3 following:
2-4 "(1) the premises that the billboard advertises is
2-5 located in a county with a population of 250,000 or less; and".
2-6 (2) On page 1, line 13, strike "(1)" and substitute "(2)".
2-7 (3) On page 1, line 15, strike lines 15 and 16, and insert
2-8 the following:
2-9 "(3) a United States highway that merges into and
2-10 becomes an interstate highway separates the premises and the
2-11 billboard; or"
2-12 (4) On page 1, between lines 16 and 17, insert the
2-13 following:
2-14 "(4) the billboard is located adjacent to a wet
2-15 precinct separated by a United States highway that merges into and
2-16 becomes an interstate highway in a county with a population of
2-17 250,000 or less and advertises directions to a winery located in
2-18 the adjacent wet precinct."
2-19 Haggerty