81R11188 NC-D
By: Homer H.B. No. 2792
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of signs by municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 216.901, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 216.901. REGULATION OF SIGNS BY [HOME-RULE]
MUNICIPALITY. (a) A [home-rule] municipality may license,
regulate, control, or prohibit the erection of signs or billboards
by charter or ordinance.
(b) Subsection (a) does not authorize a municipality to
regulate the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign in
violation of Subchapter A.
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.