TITLE: Relating to the placement of certain highway signs that promote businesses or provide other information.

SUMMARY: Relating to the placement of certain highway signs that promote businesses or provide other information.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the placement of certain highway signs that promote businesses or provide other information. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 391.092, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: (d-1) Rules adopted under this section may not allow the placement of a specific information logo sign, major shopping area guide sign, or tourist-oriented directional sign at a location that is: (1) in an area that is subject to a municipal ordinance that designates the area as a "Hill Country Scenic Roadway Corridor"; and (2) along a highway that has an annual average daily traffic volume of fewer than 100,000 vehicles. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a sign for which the Texas Department of Transportation enters into a contract or agreement or renews a contract or agreement on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract or agreement entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.