H.B. No. 1170 AN ACT relating to the authority of counties to advertise on personal property owned or leased by the county. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 263.251(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the county may: (1) lease to another entity advertising space located: (A) in or on a building or part of a building owned by the county; (B) on personal property [a vehicle] owned by the county; (C) on an official county website; or (D) on personal property [a vehicle] leased by the county, with the property [vehicle] owner's consent; or (2) sell advertising space located on correspondence distributed by the county through the United States Postal Service. 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, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1170 was passed by the House on April 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1170 was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor