86R31988 BEE-F
By: Nichols, et al. S.B. No. 357
(Canales)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 357: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 391.038, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 391.038. SIGN HEIGHT. (a) Except as otherwise
provided by this section, a sign may not be higher than 60 feet,
excluding a cutout that extends above the rectangular border of the
sign, measured:
(1) from the grade level of the centerline of the
main-traveled way, not including a frontage road of a controlled
access highway, closest to the sign at a point perpendicular to the
sign location; or
(2) if the main-traveled way is below grade, from the
base of the sign structure [This section applies only to a sign
existing on March 1, 2017, that was erected before that date].
(a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a sign regulated by a
municipality certified for local control under an agreement with
the department as provided by department rule.
(b) A sign existing on March 1, 2017, that was erected
before that date [described by Subsection (a)] may not be higher
than 85 feet, excluding a cutout that extends above the rectangular
border of the sign, measured:
(1) from the grade level of the centerline of the
main-traveled way, not including a frontage road of a controlled
access highway, closest to the sign at a point perpendicular to the
sign location; or
(2) if the main-traveled way is below grade, from the
base of the sign structure.
(c) A person may rebuild a sign existing on March 1, 2017,
that was erected before that date [described by Subsection (a)]
without obtaining a new or amended permit from the department,
provided that the sign is rebuilt at the same location where the
sign existed on March 1, 2017, and at a height that does not exceed
the height of the sign on that date.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.