By: Watson  S.B. No. 669
         (In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2007; February 28, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and
  Homeland Security; March 28, 2007, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; March 28, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 669 By:  Watson
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible
  from certain roads.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 391.252, Transportation
  Code, as amended by Chapters 281, 352, 405, 796, 903, 983, 1046, and
  1353, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is
  reenacted and amended 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;
  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)  State Highway 71 between the western city limits
  of the city of Austin and State Highway 16.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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