By Ellis                                              H.B. No. 1697
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising by
 1-3     certain nonprofit organizations or schools.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 391.037 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 391.037.  OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BY CERTAIN COUNTY
 1-8     AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. Outdoor advertising that is an outdoor sign may
 1-9     include the logo or emblem of an entity if:
1-10                 (1)  the sign is erected or maintained by:
1-11                       (A)  a nonprofit county agricultural fair;
1-12                       (B)  a public or private elementary or secondary
1-13     school; or
1-14                       (C)  a public or private institution of higher
1-15     education;
1-16                 (2)  the entity sponsors or provides significant
1-17     funding to the agricultural fair, school, or institution of higher
1-18     education; and
1-19                 (3)  the entity's logo or emblem occupies less than 25
1-20     percent of the area of the sign.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-1     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.