83R4978 JTS-F
By: Hancock S.B. No. 1383
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring municipalities to provide compensation for
certain signs required to be relocated due to road construction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 216, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 216.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 216.016. COSTS OF REMOVAL DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
(a) If a sign located in a municipality is required to be removed
because of the widening, construction, or reconstruction of a road
by the Texas Department of Transportation and if relocation of the
sign in the municipality would be allowed under department rules
but is restricted or prohibited by charter, ordinance, or a
decision of the municipality, the municipality shall pay just
compensation to:
(1) the owner for the right, title leasehold, and
interest in the sign; and
(2) the owner or, if appropriate, the lessee of the
real property on which the sign is located for the right to erect
and maintain the sign.
(b) For purposes of this section, a sign located in the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered
located in the municipality.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the relocation of a sign due to road construction for which the
Texas Department of Transportation has entered into a construction
contract on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.