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  85R438 JTS-F
 
  By: Villalba H.B. No. 405
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to municipal reimbursement of compensation paid by the
  Texas Department of Transportation for the removal of certain signs
  due to road construction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 216, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 216.016 to read as follows:
         Sec. 216.016.  COSTS OF REMOVAL DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION.  
  (a)  If a sign located in a municipality is required to be removed
  because of the widening, construction, or reconstruction of a road
  by the Texas Department of Transportation and if relocation of the
  sign in the municipality would be allowed under department rules
  but is restricted or prohibited by charter, ordinance, or a
  decision of the municipality, the municipality shall reimburse the
  department for any just compensation paid to the owner or lessee of
  the sign in a condemnation proceeding.
         (b)  For purposes of this section, a sign located in the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered
  located in the municipality.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the removal of a sign that occurs on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.