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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the height of outdoor advertising signs regulated by |
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the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 391.038(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as 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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(c) A person may not rebuild a sign [described by Subsection
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(a) 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 exceeds 42-1/2 |
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feet [does not exceed the height of the sign on that date]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 391.038(a), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 391.038(b), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a sign subject to a permit |
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issued on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) Section 391.038(c), Transportation Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a sign for which rebuilding begins on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |