By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 57 


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to county regulation of billboards.                                  
	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 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;
		(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)  a road or portion of a road that lies outside the 
corporate and extraterritorial limits of a municipality, if 
designated by order of the governing body of the county where the 
road is located, effective on the date of receipt of written notice 
to the department.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.