79R3575 JTS-D

By:  Villarreal                                                   H.B. No. 1248



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:                                         
			(A)  State Highway 186 and Interstate Highway 37; 
and        
			(B)  the southern boundary line of Comal County 
and State Highway 306;
		(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;                                 
		(14)  State Highway 368 between Interstate Highway 35 
and State Loop 410;
		(15)  State Highway 211 between Farm-to-Market Road 471 
and State Highway 16; or
		(16)  any segment of one of the following highways in 
Bexar County:  
			(A)  State Highway 16;                                                
			(B)  State Highway 81;                                                
			(C)  State Highway 87;                                                
			(D)  State Highway 90;                                                
			(E)  State Highway 281;                                               
			(F)  Interstate Highway 35;                                           
			(G)  Interstate Highway 10; or                                        
			(H)  U.S. Highway 37.                                                 
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.