By Nixon S.B. No. 791 76R5440 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to specific information logo signs in certain counties. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 391.0915 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 391.0915. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. 1-7 (a) In a county with a population of less than 10,000, the 1-8 commissioners court of the county by order may assume all the 1-9 powers and duties of the commission under this subchapter. A 1-10 commissioners court proposing to assume authority under this 1-11 section shall provide the commission notice of that fact and a copy 1-12 of the court's order not later than the 90th day before the date 1-13 the court proposes to assume authority. The commissioners court by 1-14 order may relinquish authority assumed under this section by 1-15 providing notice of that fact and a copy of the court's order to 1-16 the commission not later than the 90th day before the date the 1-17 court proposes to relinquish authority. 1-18 (b) An order adopted under Subsection (a) must specify the 1-19 date on which the commissioners court proposes to assume or 1-20 relinquish the powers and duties of the commission under this 1-21 subchapter. 1-22 (c) A contract for the placement of signs under this 1-23 subchapter is not affected by the assumption of authority by the 1-24 commissioners court under this section except that all payments 2-1 under the contract shall be made to the county. 2-2 (d) All funds received by a county under this subchapter 2-3 shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. 2-4 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-10 passage, and it is so enacted.