Amend CSSB 357 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 280, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 280.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 280.004. COUNTY APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SIGNS. (a) This section applies only to a commercial sign, as defined by Section 391.001, located:
(1) in a county with a population of more than 155,000 but not more than 190,000; and
(2) adjacent to and visible from a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road.
(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may require a person to obtain county approval for the construction or reconstruction of a commercial sign.
(c) The department may not issue a permit under Chapter 391 to an applicant who is required to obtain county approval under this section unless the person has obtained the required county approval.