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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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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 391.038. SIGN HEIGHT. (a) Except as otherwise |
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provided by this section, a sign may not be higher than 60 feet, |
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excluding a cutout that extends above the rectangular border of the |
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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 [This section applies only to a sign
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existing on March 1, 2017, that was erected before that date]. |
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(a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a sign regulated by a |
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municipality certified for local control under an agreement with |
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the department as provided by department rule. |
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(b) A sign existing on March 1, 2017, that was erected |
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before that date [described by Subsection (a)] may not be higher |
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than 85 feet, excluding a cutout that extends above the rectangular |
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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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(c) A person may rebuild a sign existing on March 1, 2017, |
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that was erected before that date [described by Subsection (a)] |
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without obtaining a new or amended permit from the department, |
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provided that the sign is rebuilt at the same location where the |
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sign existed on March 1, 2017, and at a height that does not exceed |
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the height of the sign on that date. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |