By: Reynolds, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 1170

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017; May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of counties to advertise on personal property owned or leased by the county.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 263.251(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the county may:

(1) lease to another entity advertising space located:

(A) in or on a building or part of a building owned by the county;

(B) on personal property [a vehicle] owned by the county;

(C) on an official county website; or

(D) on personal property [a vehicle] leased by the county, with the property [vehicle] owner's consent; or

(2) sell advertising space located on correspondence distributed by the county through the United States Postal Service.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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