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 sign is erected or maintained in a county with
1-17     a population of 65,000 or less;
1-18                 (3)  the entity sponsors or provides significant
1-19     funding to the agricultural fair, school, or institution of higher
1-20     education; and
1-21                 (4)  the entity's logo or emblem occupies less than 25
1-22     percent of the area of the sign.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-1     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-2     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-3     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1697 was passed by the House on May
         1, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 1, 1 present, not
         voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
         No. 1697 on May 24, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 0,
         1 present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1697 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 17, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
         0, 1 present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor