Amend CSHB 7 by adding the following new SECTION, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONs of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subtitle H, Title 6, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 398 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 398.  REGULATION OF OFF-PREMISE SIGNS AND

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING GENERALLY
	Sec. 398.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                           
		(1)  "Off-premise sign" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 391.251. 
		(2)  "Outdoor advertising" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 391.001.
	Sec. 398.002.  RELOCATION OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BECAUSE OF 
CONSTRUCTION OR OBSTRUCTION.  (a)  If any outdoor advertising use, 
structure, or permit may not be continued because of widening, 
construction, or reconstruction of a highway, the owner of the 
outdoor advertising is entitled to relocate the use, structure, or 
permit to another location:
		(1)  on the same property;                                             
		(2)  on adjacent property;                                             
		(3)  if the outdoor advertising is within a 
municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a 
municipality, within that municipality or its extraterritorial 
jurisdiction; or
		(4)  on the same highway not more than 50 miles from the 
previous location.
	(b)  Relocation under this section shall be in accordance 
with applicable spacing requirements under this subtitle and shall 
be to a location where outdoor advertising is permitted under 
Section 391.031.
	(c)  If the view and readability of outdoor advertising are 
obstructed due to a noise abatement or safety measure, a grade 
change, construction, vegetation, an aesthetic improvement made by 
an agency of this state, a directional sign, or widening along a 
highway, the owner of the sign may:
		(1)  adjust the height of the sign; or                                 
		(2)  relocate the sign to a location that complies with 
the spacing requirements under this chapter and in which outdoor 
advertising is permitted under Section 391.031.
	(d)  A county or municipality in which the outdoor 
advertising is located shall, if necessary, provide for the height 
adjustment or relocation by a special exception to any applicable 
zoning ordinance.
	(e)  Notwithstanding any height requirements established 
under this subtitle, the adjusted or relocated outdoor advertising 
may be erected to a height and angle to make it clearly visible to 
traffic on the main-traveled way of the highway and must be the same 
size as the previous sign.
	Sec. 398.003.  PROHIBITION OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING.  A 
governmental entity may not prohibit new outdoor advertising 
outside the jurisdiction or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a 
municipality.
	Sec. 398.004.  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY THROUGH VOLUNTARY 
TRANSACTION.  A governmental entity that acquires property by 
gift, purchase, agreement, or exchange may not require that 
lawfully erected outdoor advertising located on the property be 
altered or removed from the property without the payment of just 
compensation.