By: Paddie (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1542
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of digital message display systems in certain
public facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.0061 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.0061. ADVERTISING INSIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE
OFFICES. The department may enter into an agreement with a public
or private entity for a digital message display system to promote
department information or news items of general interest in a
publicly accessible area of a driver's license office. For the
purpose of funding the system, a portion of the information
displayed on the system may consist of digital advertisements. The
department may review and has the right to reject any proposed
advertising to be displayed on a system.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 1001, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 1001.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.014. ADVERTISING INSIDE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT
FACILITIES. The department may enter into an agreement with a
public or private entity for a digital message display system to
promote department information or news items of general interest in
a publicly accessible area of a facility operated by the
department. For the purpose of funding the system, a portion of the
information displayed on the system may consist of digital
advertisements. The department may review and has the right to
reject any proposed advertising to be displayed on a system.
SECTION 3. Chapter 291, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 291.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 291.011. ADVERTISING INSIDE CERTAIN COUNTY
FACILITIES. (a) The commissioners court of a county may enter into
an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message
display system to promote county information or news items of
general interest in:
(1) a publicly accessible area of the office of the tax
assessor-collector or a branch office established under Section
292.025, 292.026, or 292.027 for which a deputy assessor-collector
has been appointed; or
(2) a jury assembly room.
(b) For the purpose of funding a digital message display
system, a portion of the information displayed on the system may
consist of digital advertisements. The commissioners court may
review and has the right to reject any proposed advertising to be
displayed on a system.
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.
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