Bill Text: TX HB1542 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of digital message display systems in certain public facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB1542 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1542-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1542 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1542 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1542 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
