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Amend CSSB 312 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 391.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 391.038. SIGN HEIGHT. A sign may not be higher than 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.
SECTION ____. Section 391.038, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies to a sign erected before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.