By Ellis                                              H.B. No. 1697
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                                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.
 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
 1-9     and is erected or maintained by a nonprofit county agricultural
1-10     fair may include the logo or emblem of an entity that sponsors the
1-11     agricultural fair if that logo or emblem occupies less than 25
1-12     percent of the area of the sign.
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-16     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.