By: Nelson S.B. No. 137

(In the Senate - Filed December 5, 2006; January 29, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; March 27, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 27, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 137 By: Carona

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 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, exclusive of the segment of U.S. Highway 281 located in the city limits of Three Rivers;

[(5)] U.S. Highway 281 between:

(A) State Highway 186 and Interstate Highway 37, exclusive of the segment of U.S. Highway 281 located in the city limits of Three Rivers; and

(B) the southern boundary line of Comal County and State Highway 306;

(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) Segments 1 through 4 of State Highway 130;[.]

(15) [(14)] a highway in Bandera County that is part of the state highway system;[.]

(16) [(14)] Farm-to-Market Road 3238 beginning at State Highway 71 and any extension of that road through Hays and Blanco Counties;[.]

(17) [(14)] Farm-to-Market Road 2978 between Farm-to-Market Road 1488 and the boundary line between Harris and Montgomery Counties;[.]

(18) U.S. [(14) State] Highway 90 between the western city limits of the city of San Antonio and the eastern city limits of the city of Hondo; or

(19) 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)(19) applies only in a county that:

(1) has a population of 800,000 or more; or

(2) lies adjacent to a county that has a population of 800,000 or more.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

* * * * *