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78R10566 JRJ-F
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1831
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1831:
By: Harper-Brown C.S.H.B. No. 1831
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility for name display on a specific logo
information sign.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 391.001(12), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(12) "Specific information logo sign" means a
rectangular sign [panel] imprinted with the words "GAS," "FOOD,"
"LODGING," or "CAMPING," or with a combination of those words, and
the specific brand names of commercial establishments offering
those services.
SECTION 2. Section 391.092(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A specific information logo sign may not:
(1) contain a message, symbol, or trademark that
resembles an official traffic-control device; or
(2) be divided into [contain] more than six panels
that contain establishment names [for each sign panel].
SECTION 3. Section 391.093, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(c) An establishment that provides food must:
(1) have any required license or other evidence
showing compliance with applicable public health or sanitation
laws;
(2) operate continuously at least 10 [12] hours a day
and serve two [three] meals a day; and
(3) provide:
(A) seating capacity for at least 16 persons;
(B) public restrooms; and
(C) a telephone for use by the public.
(g) An establishment is eligible to have two names displayed
on the same specific information logo sign panel if the
establishment provides:
(1) two food outlets in a shared space under common
ownership; or
(2) gas and food outlets in a shared space under common
ownership.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.