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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition of signs along certain roads. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 391.252, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person may not erect an off-premise sign that is |
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adjacent to and visible from: |
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(1) U.S. Highway 290 between the western city limits |
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of the city of Austin and the eastern city limits of the city of |
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Fredericksburg; |
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(2) State Highway 317 between the northern city limits |
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of the city of Belton to the southern city limits of the city of |
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Valley Mills; |
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(3) State Highway 16 between the northern city limits |
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of the city of Kerrville and Interstate Highway 20; |
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(4) U.S. Highway 77 between State Highway 186 and |
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State Highway 44; |
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(5) U.S. Highway 281 between: |
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(A) State Highway 186 and Interstate Highway 37, |
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exclusive of the segment of U.S. Highway 281 located in the city |
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limits of Three Rivers; and |
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(B) the southern boundary line of Comal County |
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and State Highway 306; |
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(6) State Highway 17 between State Highway 118 and |
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U.S. Highway 90; |
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(7) State Highway 67 between U.S. Highway 90 and |
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Farm-to-Market Road 170; |
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(8) Farm-to-Market Road 170 between State Highway 67 |
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and State Highway 118; |
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(9) State Highway 118 between Farm-to-Market Road 170 |
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and State Highway 17; |
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(10) State Highway 105 between the western city limits |
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of the city of Sour Lake to the eastern city limits of the city of |
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Cleveland; |
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(11) State Highway 73 between the eastern city limits |
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of the city of Winnie to the western city limits of the city of Port |
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Arthur; |
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(12) State Highway 21 between the southern city limits |
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of the city of College Station and U.S. Highway 290; |
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(13) a highway located in: |
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(A) the Sabine National Forest; |
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(B) the Davy Crockett National Forest; or |
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(C) the Sam Houston National Forest; |
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(14) Segments 1 through 4 of State Highway 130; |
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(15) a highway in Bandera County that is part of the |
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state highway system; |
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(16) Farm-to-Market Road 3238 beginning at State |
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Highway 71 and any extension of that road through Hays and Blanco |
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Counties; |
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(17) Farm-to-Market Road 2978 between Farm-to-Market |
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Road 1488 and the boundary line between Harris and Montgomery |
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Counties; |
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(18) U.S. Highway 90 between the western city limits |
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of the city of San Antonio and the eastern city limits of the city of |
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Hondo; [or] |
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(19) the following highways in Austin County: |
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(A) State Highway 159; |
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(B) Farm-to-Market Road 331; |
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(C) Farm-to-Market Road 529; |
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(D) Farm-to-Market Road 1094; and |
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(E) Farm-to-Market Road 2502; or |
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(20) after the date of written notice of the order to |
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the department, a public road or portion of a public road located in |
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a county under Subsection (e) and outside the corporate limits of a |
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municipality, if designated by order of the commissioners court of |
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the county in which the road or portion of the road is located. |
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(d) A commissioners court may adopt an order under |
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Subsection (a)(20) only after conducting a public hearing on the |
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proposed order. |
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(e) Subsection (a)(20) applies only in a county that: |
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(1) has a population of 20,000 or more but less than |
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25,000; |
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(2) does not contain a municipality that has a |
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population of 5,000 or more; and |
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(3) is adjacent to a county that has a population of |
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50,000 or more. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |