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.