| 1 | 1 | | 81R10526 NC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1622 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the regulation of off-premises signs in the |
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| 8 | 8 | | unincorporated area of a county. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 240.908 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 240.908. REGULATION OF OFF-PREMISES SIGNS. (a) In |
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| 13 | 13 | | this section, "sign" and "off-premises sign" have the meanings |
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| 14 | 14 | | assigned by Section 216.002. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court |
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| 16 | 16 | | of a county by order may prohibit the erection of off-premises signs |
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| 17 | 17 | | along roads in the unincorporated area of the county. The |
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| 18 | 18 | | commissioners court may not require the relocation, |
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| 19 | 19 | | reconstruction, or removal of an off-premises sign in existence on |
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| 20 | 20 | | the effective date of this section. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) Before the commissioners court of a county may issue an |
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| 22 | 22 | | order under Subsection (b), the commissioners court shall hold a |
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| 23 | 23 | | public hearing on the proposed order. Before the 15th day before |
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| 24 | 24 | | the date of the hearing, the commissioners court must publish |
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| 25 | 25 | | notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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| 26 | 26 | | county. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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