| 1 | 1 | | 85R26182 JTS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 2584 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2584: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Morrison C.S.H.B. No. 2584 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to regulation by the Texas Department of Transportation of |
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| 10 | 10 | | the spacing along highways of outdoor advertising in certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | municipalities. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended by adding Section 391.038 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 391.038. SPACING REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN |
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| 16 | 16 | | MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section, "electronic sign" means a |
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| 17 | 17 | | sign that changes its message or copy by programmable electronic or |
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| 18 | 18 | | mechanical processes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The department, in regulating outdoor advertising |
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| 20 | 20 | | located in the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a |
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| 21 | 21 | | population of more than 200,000 located in a county on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Texas-Mexico border with a population of less than 300,000, may not |
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| 23 | 23 | | require an electronic sign owned by the municipality to be more than |
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| 24 | 24 | | 500 feet from another sign. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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