81R917 JD-D
By: Ritter H.B. No. 2665
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the commissioners court of a county to
adopt and impose standards and specifications for the design and
installation of address number signs to identify properties located
in unincorporated areas of the county; providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.013, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (b-1) and (e) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county by order may:
(1) adopt standards and specifications for the design
and installation of address number signs to identify properties
located in unincorporated areas of the county, including standards
or specifications as to sign size, material, longevity, ability to
be seen and to reflect light, and any other factor the commissioners
court considers necessary or appropriate; and
(2) require the owners or occupants of properties in
unincorporated areas of the county to:
(A) obtain address number signs that comply with
the standards and specifications adopted under Subdivision (1); and
(B) install and maintain those signs at the
locations and in the manner required by those standards and
specifications.
(e) A person who knowingly fails or refuses to comply with
an order of a commissioners court under Subsection (b-1)(2) commits
an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C
misdemeanor.
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, 2009.