BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center C.S.S.B. 1822
81R33277 ACP-D By: Fraser
Transportation & Homeland Security
Committee Report (Substituted)
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Section 391.252, Transportation Code, governs the erection of billboards or off-premise signs displaying advertising that pertains to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product not principally located or primarily manufactured or sold on the premises on which the sign is located. Under Section 391.252, 19 roads and highways have been placed under a protected status in which off-premises signs are prohibited in order to protect the scenic beauty or property values of the area adjacent to the route.
C.S.S.B. 1822 amends current law relating to erecting an off-premise sigh adjacent to and visible from certain roads, including Farm-to-Market Road 1431 between the eastern city limits of the city of Marble Falls and the boundary line between Burnet and Travis Counties and roads that follow the route of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 391.252(a), Transportation Code, to prohibit a person from erecting an off-premise sign that is adjacent to and visible from Farm-to-Market Road 1431 between the eastern city limits of the city of Marble Falls and the boundary line between Burnet and Travis Counties, or the following highway segments that are a part of the route of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: Farm-to-Market Road 258 between Farm-to-Market Road 1110 and Loop 375, and State Highway 20 between State Highway 260 and the border of this state and the state of New Mexico. Makes a nonsubstantive change.
SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2009.