85R438 JTS-F
By: Villalba H.B. No. 405
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal reimbursement of compensation paid by the
Texas Department of Transportation for the removal of certain signs
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 reimburse the
department for any just compensation paid to the owner or lessee of
the sign in a condemnation proceeding.
(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 removal of a sign that occurs on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.