1-1 By: Shapiro S.B. No. 778 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 19, 2001; February 20, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 26, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; 1-6 April 26, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 778 By: Shapiro 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to municipal regulation of nonconforming off-premise 1-11 signs. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 216, Local Government Code, 1-14 is amended by adding Section 216.016 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 216.016. REGULATION OF OFF-PREMISE SIGNS. 1-16 Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that permits the 1-17 replacement of a nonconforming off-premise sign by a new 1-18 nonconforming off-premise sign owned by a person other than the 1-19 owner of the replaced sign shall permit the owner of the sign that 1-20 was removed to erect a comparable sign at a location designated by 1-21 the owner of the displaced sign on property zoned for commercial, 1-22 industrial, or manufacturing uses. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-24 * * * * *