Bill Text: TX HB405 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 405 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to municipal reimbursement of compensation paid by the Texas Department of Transportation for the removal of certain signs due to road construction.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - No action taken in committee [HB405 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB405-Introduced.html

	85R438 JTS-F

	By: Villalba	H.B. No. 405



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to municipal reimbursement of compensation paid by the
	Texas Department of Transportation for the removal of certain signs
	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, 2017.