80R3747 JRJ-F
 
  By: Isett H.B. No. 987
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice for changes in the regulation of outdoor
advertising.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 391, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 391.0651 to read as follows:
       Sec. 391.0651.  NOTICE OF AMENDED AND PROPOSED
REGULATIONS.  (a)  The commission shall give written notice to all
outdoor advertising license and permit holders of any proposed
change in rules adopted under this chapter.
       (b)  A governmental entity other than the commission,
including a municipality under Chapter 216, Local Government Code,
shall give written notice to all outdoor advertising license and
permit holders within its jurisdiction of any proposed change to
the outdoor or off-premise advertising provisions of its zoning
provisions, codes, or ordinances.
       (c)  The notice required by this section must be given not
later than 30 days before the date of the hearing or meeting at
which the proposed change is considered.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.