By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 366
	(In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2003; February 11, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; February 19, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; February 19, 2003, sent to printer.)


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 set a reasonable fee for the county's 
issuance of any permit authorized by this section.
	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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