81R10526 NC-D
By: Miller of Comal H.B. No. 2948
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of off-premises signs in the
unincorporated area of a county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 240.908 to read as follows:
Sec. 240.908. REGULATION OF OFF-PREMISES SIGNS. (a) In
this section, "sign" and "off-premises sign" have the meanings
assigned by Section 216.002.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court
of a county by order may prohibit the erection of off-premises signs
along roads in the unincorporated area of the county. The
commissioners court may not require the relocation,
reconstruction, or removal of an off-premises sign in existence on
the effective date of this section.
(c) Before the commissioners court of a county may issue an
order under Subsection (b), the commissioners court shall hold a
public hearing on the proposed order. Before the 15th day before
the date of the hearing, the commissioners court must publish
notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county.
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.