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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition of signs on certain roads. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 391.252(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person may not erect an off-premise sign that is |
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adjacent to and visible from: |
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(1) U.S. Highway 290 between the western city limits |
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of the city of Austin and the eastern city limits of the city of |
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Fredericksburg; |
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(2) State Highway 317 between the northern city limits |
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of the city of Belton to the southern city limits of the city of |
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Valley Mills; |
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(3) State Highway 16 between the northern city limits |
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of the city of Kerrville and Interstate Highway 20; |
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(4) U.S. Highway 77 between State Highway 186 and |
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State Highway 44; |
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(5) [U.S. Highway 281 between State Highway 186 and
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Interstate Highway 37, exclusive of the segment of U.S. Highway 281
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located in the city limits of Three Rivers;
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[(5)] U.S. Highway 281 between: |
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(A) State Highway 186 and Interstate Highway 37, |
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exclusive of the segment of U.S. Highway 281 located in the city |
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limits of Three Rivers; and |
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(B) the southern boundary line of Comal County |
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and State Highway 306; |
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(6) State Highway 17 between State Highway 118 and |
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U.S. Highway 90; |
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(7) State Highway 67 between U.S. Highway 90 and |
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Farm-to-Market Road 170; |
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(8) Farm-to-Market Road 170 between State Highway 67 |
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and State Highway 118; |
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(9) State Highway 118 between Farm-to-Market Road 170 |
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and State Highway 17; |
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(10) State Highway 105 between the western city limits |
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of the city of Sour Lake to the eastern city limits of the city of |
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Cleveland; |
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(11) State Highway 73 between the eastern city limits |
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of the city of Winnie to the western city limits of the city of Port |
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Arthur; |
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(12) State Highway 21 between the southern city limits |
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of the city of College Station and U.S. Highway 290; |
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(13) a highway located in: |
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(A) the Sabine National Forest; |
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(B) the Davy Crockett National Forest; or |
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(C) the Sam Houston National Forest; [or] |
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(14) Segments 1 through 4 of State Highway 130;[.] |
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(15) [(14)] a highway in Bandera County that is part |
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of the state highway system;[.] |
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(16) [(14)] Farm-to-Market Road 3238 beginning at |
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State Highway 71 and any extension of that road through Hays and |
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Blanco Counties;[.] |
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(17) [(14)] Farm-to-Market Road 2978 between |
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Farm-to-Market Road 1488 and the boundary line between Harris and |
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Montgomery Counties;[.] |
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(18) U.S. [(14) State] Highway 90 between the |
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western city limits of the city of San Antonio and the eastern city |
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limits of the city of Hondo; or |
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(19) the following highways in Austin County: |
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(A) State Highway 159; |
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(B) Farm-to-Market Road 331; |
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(C) Farm-to-Market Road 529; |
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(D) Farm-to-Market Road 1094; and |
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(E) Farm-to-Market Road 2502. |
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SECTION 2. A landowner to whom notice is given as provided |
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by Section 3(b) of this Act may exclude the landowner's property |
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from the application of Section 391.252(a)(19), Transportation |
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Code, as added by this Act by notifying the Texas Department of |
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Transportation in writing, by certified mail. In order for the |
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landowner's property to be excluded from the application of Section |
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391.252(a)(19), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, the |
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landowner's notice must be received by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation within one year of the date the Texas Department of |
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Transportation receives notification from all appropriate county |
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clerks that notices were published as provided in Section 3(b) of |
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this Act. The exclusion of the landowner from the application of |
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Section 391.252(a)(19), Transportation Code, as added by this Act |
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becomes effective on the date the landowner's notice is received by |
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the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this |
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section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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(b) Before Section 391.252(a)(19), Transportation Code, as |
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added by this Act can become effective, notice shall be published in |
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a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in |
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which a segment of public road affected by Section 391.252(a)(19), |
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Transportation Code, as added by this Act is located. The notice |
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shall identify the segment of public road affected by Section |
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391.252(a)(19), Transportation Code, as added by this Act and state |
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that the landowner's future right to lease the landowner's property |
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for the purpose of erecting an off-premise sign will be terminated |
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unless the landowner notifies the Texas Department of |
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Transportation that the landowner plans to exclude the landowner's |
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property from the application of Section 391.252(a)(19), |
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Transportation Code, as added by this Act. The notice must be |
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published by the appropriate county clerk or clerks in accordance |
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with this subsection within 45 days of the effective date of this |
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Act. The appropriate county clerk or clerks shall notify the Texas |
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Department of Transportation in writing, by certified mail, when |
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the notice is published in accordance with this subsection. The |
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notice provided to the Texas Department of Transportation by the |
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county clerk is public information for the purposes of Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, and must include the affidavit of the publisher of |
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the newspaper notice indicating the date the notice was published, |
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accompanied by a printed copy of the notice as published. |
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(c) Section 391.252(a)(19), Transportation Code, as added |
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by this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the Texas Department |
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of Transportation receives notification from all appropriate |
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county clerks as provided in Subsection (b). |
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______________________________ |
______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1521 was passed by the House on March |
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28, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1521 on May 23, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1521 on May 28, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1521 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 18, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays |
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1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1521 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |