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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 391.038, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) A sign [described by Subsection (a)] may not be higher |
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than 42-1/2 [85] feet, excluding a cutout that extends above the |
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rectangular border of the sign, measured: |
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(1) from the grade level of the centerline of the |
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main-traveled way, not including a frontage road of a controlled |
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access highway, closest to the sign at a point perpendicular to the |
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sign location; or |
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(2) if the main-traveled way is below grade, from the |
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base of the sign structure. |
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(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to a sign that: |
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(1) was higher than 42-1/2 feet on March 1, 2017; and |
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(2) under an agreement with the department, is |
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authorized to be higher than 42-1/2 feet. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 391.038(a) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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sign existing before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |