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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring municipalities to provide compensation for |
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certain signs required to be relocated due to road construction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 216, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 216.016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 216.016. COSTS OF REMOVAL DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION. |
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(a) If a sign located in a municipality is required to be removed |
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because of the widening, construction, or reconstruction of a road |
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by the Texas Department of Transportation and if relocation of the |
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sign in the municipality would be allowed under department rules |
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but is restricted or prohibited by charter, ordinance, or a |
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decision of the municipality, the municipality shall pay just |
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compensation to: |
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(1) the owner for the right, title leasehold, and |
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interest in the sign; and |
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(2) the owner or, if appropriate, the lessee of the |
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real property on which the sign is located for the right to erect |
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and maintain the sign. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, a sign located in the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered |
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located in the municipality. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the relocation of a sign due to road construction for which the |
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Texas Department of Transportation has entered into a construction |
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contract on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |