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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of off-premises signs in the |
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unincorporated area of a county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 240.908 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 240.908. REGULATION OF OFF-PREMISES SIGNS. (a) In |
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this section, "sign" and "off-premises sign" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 216.002. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court |
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of a county by order may prohibit the erection of off-premises signs |
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along roads in the unincorporated area of the county. The |
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commissioners court may not require the relocation, |
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reconstruction, or removal of an off-premises sign in existence on |
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the effective date of this section. |
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(c) Before the commissioners court of a county may issue an |
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order under Subsection (b), the commissioners court shall hold a |
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public hearing on the proposed order. Before the 15th day before |
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the date of the hearing, the commissioners court must publish |
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notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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county. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |