By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 470


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibition of signs and designation of scenic route on 
Spring-Cypress Road.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 251.0135 to read as follows:
	Sec. 251.0135.  SPECIAL DESIGNATION OF ROADS.  
Spring-Cypress Road in Harris County between State Highway 249 and 
Interstate Highway 45 is a scenic route.  The Commissioners Court of 
Harris County shall design and construct markers indicating the 
designation as a scenic route and any other appropriate 
information.  The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall erect 
a marker at each end of the scenic route and at intermediate sites 
along the route that the commissioners court determines are 
appropriate.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 391.252, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(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; or                              
		(14)  Spring-Cypress Road between State Highway 249 and 
Interstate Highway 45.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.