By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 57 
	(In the Senate - Filed November 8, 2004; January 31, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; May 3, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 1; 
May 3, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 57                                     By:  Madla


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the prohibition of signs on certain roads.                      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 391.252, Transportation Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) 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)  after the date of written notice of the order to 
the department, a public road or portion of a public road located in 
a county under Subsection (d) and outside the corporate limits or 
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, if designated 
by order of the commissioners court of the county in which the road 
or portion of the road is located.
	(d)  Subsection (a)(14) applies only in a county that:                  
		(1)  has a population of 300,000 or more;                              
		(2)  lies adjacent to a county that has a population of 
300,000 or more; or
		(3)  has a population of 45,000 or more and has an 
international border.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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