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By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) |
H.B. No. 2945 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2007; |
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May 7, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2007, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2007, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing a method for certain municipalities to |
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compensate a person for the removal of an on-premise sign as |
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required by the municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 216.010, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Except as prohibited by federal law, a municipality with |
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a population of more than 1.9 million may pay the compensable costs |
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to the owner of an on-premise sign by allowing the sign to remain in |
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place for a period sufficient to recover the compensable cost of the |
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sign as determined under Section 216.009, based on a determination |
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by the municipal board of the average annual gross revenue as |
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determined under Section 216.008 that would be generated by the |
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sign in its specific location if the sign were used as an |
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off-premise sign rather than an on-premise sign. During the period |
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in which a sign remains in place under this subsection, the owner of |
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the sign shall maintain the sign in compliance with all other |
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regulations applicable to the sign, including structural |
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regulations. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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