79R9377 JRJ-D

By:  Zaffirini                                                    S.B. No. 1579



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(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;
		(6) [(7)]  State Highway 67 between U.S. Highway 90 and 
Farm-to-Market Road 170;
		(7) [(8)]  Farm-to-Market Road 170 between State 
Highway 67 and State Highway 118;
		(8) [(9)]  State Highway 118 between Farm-to-Market 
Road 170 and State Highway 17;
		(9) [(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;
		(10) [(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;
		(11) [(12)]  State Highway 21 between the southern city 
limits of the city of College Station and U.S. Highway 290; [or]
		(12) [(13)]  a highway located in:                    
				(A)  the Sabine National Forest;                                            
				(B)  the Davy Crockett National Forest; or                                  
				(C)  the Sam Houston National Forest; or                             
		(13)  after the date of written notice of the order to 
the department, a public road or portion of a public road located 
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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.