BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 1206
By: Madla
AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, numerous Texas cities restrict or prohibit the construction of billboards. However, municipal restrictions do not apply in rural unincorporated areas. Current law bans new billboards on certain sections of highways.
S.B. 1206 amends the Transportation Code to add a highway in Bandera County that is part of the state highway system to the list of roads on which it is forbidden to erect an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from the road.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 391.252(a), Transportation Code, to prohibit a person from erecting an off-premise sign that is adjacent to and visible from a highway in Bandera County that is part of the state highway system. Deletes existing text relating to the effective date of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2005.