By: Watson S.B. No. 1266
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible
  from State Highway 71 between the western city limits of the city of
  Austin and State Highway 16.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 391.252, Transportation
  Code, is 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:
                     (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;
               (14)  Segments 1 through 4 of State Highway 130;
               (15)  a highway in Bandera County that is part of the
  state highway system;
               (16)  Farm-to-Market Road 3238 beginning at State
  Highway 71 and any extension of that road through Hays and Blanco
  Counties;
               (17)  Farm-to-Market Road 2978 between Farm-to-Market
  Road 1488 and the boundary line between Harris and Montgomery
  Counties;
               (18)  U.S. 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)  the following highways in Austin County:
                     (A)  State Highway 159;
                     (B)  Farm-to-Market Road 331;
                     (C)  Farm-to-Market Road 529;
                     (D)  Farm-to-Market Road 1094; and
                     (E)  Farm-to-Market Road 2502; or
               (20)  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, 2009.