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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to sign regulations applicable to certain signs in an area |
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annexed by the municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 216, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 216.904 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 216.904. CERTAIN SIGNS IN AREA ANNEXED BY |
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MUNICIPALITY. (a) This section applies only in a county with a |
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population of more than two million that is adjacent to a county |
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with a population of more than one million. |
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(b) A municipal ordinance or a state statute regulating |
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off-premise signs may not require the relocation, reconstruction, |
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or removal of a sign that: |
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(1) is located: |
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(A) in an area of the municipality that was |
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annexed after the sign was originally constructed; and |
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(B) adjacent to a highway or proposed highway for |
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which an environmental impact statement was required; and |
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(2) was originally constructed before the final |
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environmental impact statement for the highway was completed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |