78R7531 MTB-D
By: Riddle H.B. No. 1873
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the placement of signs on certain public rights-of-way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 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 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 2. 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 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 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 3. 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 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act 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.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.