By:  Hamric (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)                            H.B. No. 1387
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2003; 
May 9, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2003, reported adversely, 
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, 
Nays 0; May 22, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1387                                   By:  Gallegos


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.         
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 394.063, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  A commissioners court of a county regulating on-premise 
signs under this section may recover from an applicant for a permit 
authorized by this section the cost of issuing the permit.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and the 
change in law made by this Act to Section 394.063, Transportation 
Code, applies only to an application for an on-premise sign permit  
filed on or after that date.



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