By:  Eissler (Senate Sponsor - Williams)                          H.B. No. 34 
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2005; 
May 17, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2005, reported adversely, 
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, 
Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 34                                     By:  Deuell


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible 
from certain roads.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 391.252(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  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)  Farm-to-Market Road 2978 between Farm-to-Market 
Road 1488 and the boundary line between Harris and Montgomery 
Counties.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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