Amend CSSB 1952 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered article to Part 3 of the bill:

ARTICLE __.  SIGNS ON CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
	SECTION __.01.  Section 393.002, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 393.002.  SIGN PLACEMENT PROHIBITED.  (a) Except as 
provided by Section 393.0025, a person may not place a sign on the 
right-of-way of a public road unless the placement is authorized by 
state law.
	(b)  An individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal 
entity  that compensates a person, including an employee, for 
placing a commercial sign on the right-of-way of a public road in 
violation of this section is considered to have placed the sign in 
violation of this section and may be prosecuted under Section 
393.005.
	(c)  An individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal 
entity that is advertised on a commercial sign placed on the 
right-of-way of a public road in violation of this section is 
considered to have placed the sign in violation of this section and 
may be prosecuted under Section 393.005.
	SECTION __.02.  Section 393.0025, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  An individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal 
entity  that compensates a person, including an employee, for 
placing a commercial sign on the right-of-way of a road or highway 
maintained by a municipality in violation of this section is 
considered to have placed the sign in violation of this section and 
may be prosecuted under Section 393.005.
	(d)  An individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal 
entity  that is advertised on a commercial sign placed on the 
right-of-way of a road or highway maintained by a municipality in 
violation of this section is considered to have placed the sign in 
violation of this section and may be prosecuted under Section 
393.005.
	SECTION __.03.  Section 393.005(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person violates
[places a sign in violation of] Section 393.002 or 393.0025.
	SECTION __.04.  (a)  The change in law made by this article 
applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date 
of this Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed 
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense 
occurs before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.