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Amend CSHB 3588 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered article and sections and renumber subsequent articles 
appropriately:

ARTICLE _____.  HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION FEE
	SECTION _____.  Section 391.063, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 391.063.  LICENSE FEE AND HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION FEE.  
(a)  The commission may set the amount of a license fee according to 
a scale graduated by the number of units of outdoor advertising 
owned by a license applicant.
	(b)  In addition to the fee under Subsection (a), the 
department shall collect from each license applicant an additional 
fee of $11, of which:
		(1)  $9 shall be used by the department only to assist 
owners of outdoor advertising in relocating outdoor advertising 
required to be removed or relocated under this chapter; and
		(2)  $2 shall be used by the department for landscaping 
highways that are part of the interstate or primary system.
	SECTION _____.  Section 394.025, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  In addition to the fee under Subsection (a), the 
department shall collect from each permit applicant an additional 
fee of $11, of which:
		(1)  $9 shall be used by the department only to assist 
owners of off-premise signs in relocating signs required to be 
relocated or removed under this chapter; and
		(2)  $2 shall be used by the department for landscaping 
rural roads as defined by Section 394.002 that are under the 
jurisdiction of this state.
	SECTION _____.  This article applies only to an application 
for a permit or permit renewal for outdoor advertising or an 
off-premise sign received by the Texas Department of Transportation 
on or after the effective date of this Act.  An application received 
before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in 
effect on the date the application was received, and the former law 
is continued in effect for that purpose.