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By: Estes S.B. No. 1407
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2003; March 20, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Infrastructure Development
and Security; April 30, 2003, reported favorably, as amended, by
the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 30, 2003, sent to
printer.)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Ogden
Amend S.B. No. 1407 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, added Subdivision (2), Section
391.001, Transportation Code (Introduced version page 1, line 14;
Committee printing page 1, line 34), strike "limited-access or".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, added Subsection (b), Section
391.091, Transportation Code (Introduced version page 2, line 4;
Committee printing page 1, line 48), between "department of" and "
10 percent", insert "at least".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, added Subsection (g), Section
391.0935, Transportation Code (Introduced version page 2, line 21;
Committee printing page 2, line 3), between "department of" and "10
percent", insert "at least".
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation of certain information logo signs along
certain major highways.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Section 391.001, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "Eligible highway" means a highway that:
(A) is located outside an urbanized area with a
population of 50,000 or more[;] and
[(B)] qualifies for a maximum speed limit of 65
miles per hour under 23 U.S.C. Section 154 or, if that law is
repealed, qualified for a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour
on the day before the effective date of the repeal; or
(B) is a limited-access or controlled-access
highway located inside an urbanized area with a population of
50,000 or more.
SECTION 2. Section 391.091, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 391.091. ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIGNS. (a) The
commission shall contract with an individual, firm, group, or
association in this state to erect and maintain specific
information logo signs at appropriate locations along an eligible
highway.
(b) A contract under this section shall provide for:
(1) the assessment of fees to be paid to a contractor
by a commercial establishment eligible for display on the specific
information logo sign; and
(2) remittance to the department of 10 percent of the
fees collected by the contractor.
SECTION 3. Section 391.0935, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (f) and
(g) to read as follows:
(c) A major shopping area that has its name displayed on a
major shopping area guide sign shall reimburse the commission for
all costs associated with the composition, placement, erection, and
maintenance of the sign unless the commission has entered into a
contract under Subsection (f).
(f) The commission may contract with an individual, firm,
group, or association in this state to erect and maintain major
shopping area guide signs at appropriate locations along an
eligible urban highway.
(g) A contract under this section shall provide for:
(1) the assessment of fees to be paid to a contractor
by a major shopping area; and
(2) remittance to the department of 10 percent of the
fees collected by the contractor.
SECTION 4. Subsection (c), Section 391.097, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A contract under this section shall provide for:
(1) the assessment of fees to be paid to a contractor
by a commercial establishment of a major agricultural interest;
and
(2) remittance to the department of 10 percent [a
portion] of the fees collected by the contractor [in an amount
sufficient to recover the department's costs of administering the
program].
SECTION 5. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The changes in law made to Sections 391.091, 391.0935,
and 391.097(c), Transportation Code, by this Act, apply only to a
contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
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