Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R10710 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Toth H.B. No. 2829
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to certain outdoor signs regulated by the Texas Department
10	10	of Transportation.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 391, Transportation Code,
13	13	is amended by adding Section 391.0685 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 391.0685. AUTHORIZED RENEWAL OF EXPIRED PERMIT.
15	15	(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a
16	16	person who does not have actual knowledge of the necessity of
17	17	renewing a permit issued under Section 391.068(a) may renew the
18	18	permit until the seventh anniversary of the date of the permit's
19	19	expiration if the person submits to the commission:
20	20	(1) all fees associated with the permit that accrued
21	21	during the period of the permit's expiration, including any renewal
22	22	fee required for the permit;
23	23	(2) an additional late renewal fee in an amount
24	24	prescribed by commission rule; and
25	25	(3) an affidavit indicating that the person did not
26	26	have actual knowledge of the permit renewal requirements under this
27	27	subchapter.
28	28	(b) A person that complies with the requirements of
29	29	Subsection (a) is considered to possess the permit as though the
30	30	permit never expired and may not be penalized for violating any
31	31	provision of this subchapter relating to the previously expired
32	32	permit.
33	33	SECTION 2. Section 394.023, Transportation Code, is amended
34	34	to read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 394.023. TIME OF PERMIT; AUTHORIZED RENEWAL OF EXPIRED
36	36	PERMIT. (a) A permit is valid for one year.
37	37	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
38	38	person who does not have actual knowledge of the necessity of
39	39	renewing a permit may renew the permit until the seventh
40	40	anniversary of the date of the permit's expiration if the person
41	41	submits to the commission:
42	42	(1) all fees associated with the permit that accrued
43	43	during the period of the permit's expiration, including any renewal
44	44	fee required for the permit;
45	45	(2) an additional late renewal fee in an amount
46	46	prescribed by commission rule; and
47	47	(3) an affidavit indicating that the person did not
48	48	have actual knowledge of the permit renewal requirements under this
49	49	chapter.
50	50	(c) A person that complies with the requirements of
51	51	Subsection (b) is considered to possess the permit as though the
52	52	permit never expired and may not be penalized for violating any
53	53	provision of this chapter relating to the previously expired
54	54	permit.
55	55	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.