Bill Text: TX HB2244 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to requiring municipalities to reimburse the Texas Department of Transportation for compensation paid for certain signs required to be relocated due to road construction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2244 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2244-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 2244 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2244: | |||
By: Dutton | C.S.H.B. No. 2244 |
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relating to requiring municipalities to reimburse the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation for compensation paid for certain | ||
signs required to be relocated due to road construction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 216, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 216.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 216.016. COSTS OF REMOVAL DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION. | ||
(a) If a sign located in a municipality is required to be removed | ||
because of the widening, construction, or reconstruction of a road | ||
by the Texas Department of Transportation and if relocation of the | ||
sign in the municipality would be allowed under department rules | ||
but is restricted or prohibited by charter, ordinance, or a | ||
decision of the municipality, the municipality shall reimburse the | ||
department for any just compensation paid to the owner or lessee of | ||
the sign in a condemnation proceeding. | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, a sign located in the | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered | ||
located in the municipality. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to the removal of a sign that occurs on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |