Bill Text: TX HB3368 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3368 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB3368 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3368-Introduced.html



	By: Morrison	H.B. No. 3368



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas
	Department of Transportation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 391.038, Transportation Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
	follows:
	(b) A sign [~~described by Subsection (a)~~] may not be higher
	than 42-1/2 [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.
	(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to a sign that:
	(1) was higher than 42-1/2 feet on March 1, 2017; and
	(2) under an agreement with the department, is
	authorized to be higher than 42-1/2 feet.
	SECTION 2. Sections 391.038(a) and (c), Transportation
	Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
	sign existing before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.