Bill Text: TX HB3368 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB3368 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3368-Introduced.html

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By: Morrison H.B. No. 3368

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
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) A sign [described by Subsection (a)] may not be higher
than 42-1/2 [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.
(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to a sign that:
(1) was higher than 42-1/2 feet on March 1, 2017; and
(2) under an agreement with the department, is
authorized to be higher than 42-1/2 feet.
SECTION 2. Sections 391.038(a) and (c), Transportation
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
sign existing before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.