Bill Text: TX HB3823 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3823 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3823-Introduced.html

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By: Ramos H.B. No. 3823

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the
right-of-way of a public road.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 393.007(a) and (b), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A person who places, [or] commissions the placement of,
uses, or benefits from the placement of a sign on the right-of-way
of a public road that is not otherwise authorized by law may be
liable for a civil penalty. A district or county attorney or a
municipal attorney in the jurisdiction in which the placement of a
sign on the right-of-way of a public road is alleged to have
occurred may sue to collect the penalty.
(b) The amount of the civil penalty is $10,000 [not less
than $500 or more than $1,000] for each violation[, depending on the
seriousness of the violation and whether the person has previously
violated this chapter]. A separate penalty may be collected for
each day a continuing violation occurs.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a violation that occurs on or after the effective date of this
Act. A violation that occurs before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation occurred,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, a violation occurs before the effective
date of this Act if any element of the violation occurs before that
date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.