Bill Text: TX HB4165 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of certain highway signs that promote businesses or provide other information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Left pending in committee [HB4165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4165-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 4165 | |
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| relating to the placement of certain highway signs that promote | ||
| businesses or provide other information. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 391.092, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-1) Rules adopted under this section may not allow the | ||
| placement of a specific information logo sign, major shopping area | ||
| guide sign, or tourist-oriented directional sign at a location that | ||
| is: | ||
| (1) in an area that is subject to a municipal ordinance | ||
| that designates the area as a "Hill Country Scenic Roadway | ||
| Corridor"; and | ||
| (2) along a highway that has an annual average daily | ||
| traffic volume of fewer than 100,000 vehicles. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a sign for which the Texas Department of Transportation enters | ||
| into a contract or agreement or renews a contract or agreement on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. A contract or agreement | ||
| entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
