By: Paddie (Senate Sponsor - Creighton)	H.B. No. 1542
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
	May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
	and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of digital message display systems in certain
	public facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.0061 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.0061.  ADVERTISING INSIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE
	OFFICES. The department may enter into an agreement with a public
	or private entity for a digital message display system to promote
	department information or news items of general interest in a
	publicly accessible area of a driver's license office. For the
	purpose of funding the system, a portion of the information
	displayed on the system may consist of digital advertisements. The
	department may review and has the right to reject any proposed
	advertising to be displayed on a system.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 1001, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 1001.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1001.014.  ADVERTISING INSIDE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT
	FACILITIES. The department may enter into an agreement with a
	public or private entity for a digital message display system to
	promote department information or news items of general interest in
	a publicly accessible area of a facility operated by the
	department. For the purpose of funding the system, a portion of the
	information displayed on the system may consist of digital
	advertisements. The department may review and has the right to
	reject any proposed advertising to be displayed on a system.
	SECTION 3.  Chapter 291, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 291.011 to read as follows:
	Sec. 291.011.  ADVERTISING INSIDE CERTAIN COUNTY
	FACILITIES. (a)  The commissioners court of a county may enter into
	an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message
	display system to promote county information or news items of
	general interest in:
	(1)  a publicly accessible area of the office of the tax
	assessor-collector or a branch office established under Section
	292.025, 292.026, or 292.027 for which a deputy assessor-collector
	has been appointed; or
	(2)  a jury assembly room.
	(b)  For the purpose of funding a digital message display
	system, a portion of the information displayed on the system may
	consist of digital advertisements. The commissioners court may
	review and has the right to reject any proposed advertising to be
	displayed on a system.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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