Bill Text: TX HB1512 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to commercial signs along certain roads in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB1512 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1512-Introduced.html

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87R6031 AJZ-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 1512

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to commercial signs along certain roads in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 391, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 391.2521 to read as follows:
Sec. 391.2521. COUNTY APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL
SIGNS. (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may
require a person to obtain county approval for the construction or
reconstruction of a commercial sign located:
(1) in a county that contains more than one area that
is certified as a Dark Sky Community by the International Dark-Sky
Association as part of the International Dark Sky Places Program;
and
(2) adjacent to and visible from a farm-to-market or
ranch-to-market road.
(b) The department may not issue a permit under this chapter
to an applicant who is required to obtain county approval under this
section unless the person has obtained the required county
approval.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.