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| 1 | 1 | 85R14005 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Howard H.B. No. 4165 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the placement of certain highway signs that promote | |
| 8 | 8 | businesses or provide other information. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 391.092, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d-1) Rules adopted under this section may not allow the | |
| 13 | 13 | placement of a specific information logo sign, major shopping area | |
| 14 | 14 | guide sign, or tourist-oriented directional sign at a location that | |
| 15 | 15 | is: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) in an area that is subject to a municipal ordinance | |
| 17 | 17 | that designates the area as a "Hill Country Scenic Roadway | |
| 18 | 18 | Corridor"; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) along a highway that has an annual average daily | |
| 20 | 20 | traffic volume of fewer than 100,000 vehicles. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to a sign for which the Texas Department of Transportation enters | |
| 23 | 23 | into a contract or agreement or renews a contract or agreement on or | |
| 24 | 24 | after the effective date of this Act. A contract or agreement | |
| 25 | 25 | entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 26 | 26 | governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that | |
| 27 | 27 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |