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1		-	By: Paddie (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1542
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
3		-	May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
4		-	and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	COMMITTEE VOTE
10		-	YeaNayAbsentPNV
11		-	EltifeX
12		-	CreightonX
13		-	EllisX
14		-	HuffinesX
15		-	SchwertnerX
16		-	SeligerX
17		-	TaylorofGalvestonX
18		-	WatsonX
19		-	WhitmireX
20		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
21	4		AN ACT
22	5		relating to the use of digital message display systems in certain
23	6		public facilities.
24	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
25	8		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
26	9		is amended by adding Section 521.0061 to read as follows:
27	10		Sec. 521.0061. ADVERTISING INSIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE
28	11		OFFICES. The department may enter into an agreement with a public
29	12		or private entity for a digital message display system to promote
30	13		department information or news items of general interest in a
31	14		publicly accessible area of a driver's license office. For the
32	15		purpose of funding the system, a portion of the information
33	16		displayed on the system may consist of digital advertisements. The
34	17		department may review and has the right to reject any proposed
35	18		advertising to be displayed on a system.
36	19		SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 1001, Transportation Code,
37	20		is amended by adding Section 1001.014 to read as follows:
38	21		Sec. 1001.014. ADVERTISING INSIDE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT
39	22		FACILITIES. The department may enter into an agreement with a
40	23		public or private entity for a digital message display system to
41	24		promote department information or news items of general interest in
42	25		a publicly accessible area of a facility operated by the
43	26		department. For the purpose of funding the system, a portion of the
44	27		information displayed on the system may consist of digital
45	28		advertisements. The department may review and has the right to
46	29		reject any proposed advertising to be displayed on a system.
47	30		SECTION 3. Chapter 291, Local Government Code, is amended
48	31		by adding Section 291.011 to read as follows:
49	32		Sec. 291.011. ADVERTISING INSIDE CERTAIN COUNTY
50	33		FACILITIES. (a) The commissioners court of a county may enter into
51	34		an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message
52	35		display system to promote county information or news items of
53	36		general interest in:
54	37		(1) a publicly accessible area of the office of the tax
55	38		assessor-collector or a branch office established under Section
56	39		292.025, 292.026, or 292.027 for which a deputy assessor-collector
57	40		has been appointed; or
58	41		(2) a jury assembly room.
59	42		(b) For the purpose of funding a digital message display
60	43		system, a portion of the information displayed on the system may
61	44		consist of digital advertisements. The commissioners court may
62	45		review and has the right to reject any proposed advertising to be
63	46		displayed on a system.
64	47		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
65	48		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
66	49		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
67	50		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
68	51		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	52	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	53	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	54	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1542 was passed by the House on May 7,
	55	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	56	+	voting.
	57	+	______________________________
	58	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	59	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1542 was passed by the Senate on May
	60	+	23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Secretary of the Senate
	63	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	64	+	Date
	65	+	_____________________
	66	+	Governor