1-1     By:  Ellis (Senate Sponsor - Ogden)                   H.B. No. 1697
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2001;
 1-3     May 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising by
 1-9     certain nonprofit organizations or schools.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 391.037 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 391.037.  OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BY CERTAIN COUNTY
1-14     AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. Outdoor advertising that is an outdoor sign may
1-15     include the logo or emblem of an entity if:
1-16                 (1)  the sign is erected or maintained by:
1-17                       (A)  a nonprofit county agricultural fair;
1-18                       (B)  a public or private elementary or secondary
1-19     school; or
1-20                       (C)  a public or private institution of higher
1-21     education;
1-22                 (2)  the entity sponsors or provides significant
1-23     funding to the agricultural fair, school, or institution of higher
1-24     education; and
1-25                 (3)  the entity's logo or emblem occupies less than 25
1-26     percent of the area of the sign.
1-27           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-28     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-29     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-30     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-31     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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