78R6117 DRH-D

By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 656


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of certain on-premise signs in a municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 216.003, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) A municipality that exercises authority under this subchapter may require the removal of an on-premise sign not later than the first anniversary of the date the business, person, or activity that the sign identifies or advertises ceases to operate on the premises on which the sign is located. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.