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By:  Villarreal                                                   H.B. No. 3464



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to highway beautification                                            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 391.252(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A [Subsequent to the effective date of this subchapter,] 
a person may not erect an off-premise sign that is adjacent to and 
visible from:
		(1)  U.S. Highway 290 between the western city limits 
of the city of Austin and the eastern city limits of the city of 
Fredericksburg;
		(2)  State Highway 317 between the northern city limits 
of the city of Belton to the southern city limits of the city of 
Valley Mills;
		(3)  State Highway 16 between the northern city limits 
of the city of Kerrville and Interstate Highway 20;
		(4)  U.S. Highway 77 between State Highway 186 and 
State Highway 44;        
		(5)  U.S. Highway 281 between State Highway 186 and 
Interstate Highway 37;  
		(6)  State Highway 17 between State Highway 118 and 
U.S. Highway 90;        
		(7)  State Highway 67 between U.S. Highway 90 and 
Farm-to-Market Road 170;  
		(8)  Farm-to-Market Road 170 between State Highway 67 
and State Highway 118;
		(9)  State Highway 118 between Farm-to-Market Road 170 
and State Highway 17;
		(10)  State Highway 105 between the western city limits 
of the city of Sour Lake to the eastern city limits of the city of 
Cleveland;
		(11)  State Highway 73 between the eastern city limits 
of the city of Winnie to the western city limits of the city of Port 
Arthur;
		(12)  State Highway 21 between the southern city limits 
of the city of College Station and U.S. Highway 290; [or]
		(13)  a highway located in:                                                   
			(A)  the Sabine National Forest;                                             
			(B)  the Davy Crockett National Forest; or                                   
			(C)  the Sam Houston National Forest;                                 
		(14)  State Highway 281 within the county of Bexar;                    
		(15)  State Highway 87 within the county of Bexar;                     
		(16)  State Highway 81 within the county of Bexar;                     
		(17)  State Highway 90 within the county of Bexar;                     
		(18)  State Highway 16 within the county of Bexar;                     
		(19)  Interstate Highway 35 within the county of Bexar;                
		(20)  Interstate Highway 10 within the county of Bexar; 
or           
		(21)  US Highway 37 within the county of Bexar;                        
	SECTION 2.  Section 216.001, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  This subchapter does not allow the relocation or 
reconstruction of a billboard in violation of Section 398.002, 
Transportation Code.
	SECTION 3.  Section 216.901(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Subject to Chapter 398, Transportation Code, a [A] 
home-rule municipality may license, regulate, control, or prohibit 
the erection of signs or billboards by charter or ordinance.
	SECTION 4.  Section 391.001(10), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(10)  "Outdoor advertising" means an outdoor sign, 
display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, 
plaque, poster, [billboard,] or other thing designed, intended, or 
used to advertise or inform if any part of the advertising or 
information content is visible from the main-traveled way of the 
interstate or primary system.  The term includes a sign, display, 
light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, or 
poster displayed on a billboard, as defined by Section 398.001.  The 
term does not include a sign or marker giving information about the 
location of an underground electric transmission line, telegraph or 
telephone property or facility, pipeline, public.