TITLE: Relating to the height of outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

SUMMARY: Relating to the height of outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the height of outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 391.038(b) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended 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. (c) A person may not rebuild a sign [described by Subsection (a) without obtaining a new or amended permit from the department, provided that the sign is rebuilt at the same location where the sign existed on March 1, 2017, and] at a height that exceeds 42-1/2 feet [does not exceed the height of the sign on that date].SECTION 2. Section 391.038(a), Transportation Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. (a) Section 391.038(b), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a sign subject to a permit issued on or after the effective date of this Act. (b) Section 391.038(c), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a sign for which rebuilding begins on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.