Texas Transportation Code
§ 394.063 — ON-PREMISE SIGNS
TN § 394.063Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part H. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION · Ch. 394. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SIGNS ON RURAL ROADS · Art. D. REGULATION OF SIGNS IN POPULOUS COUNTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 3.3 million or of a county that borders a county with that population may regulate, in the unincorporated area of the county, the location, height, size, and anchoring of on-premise signs.
(b)A county regulation adopted under this section may not permit an on-premise sign to be erected if the sign could not have been erected under a previous municipal regulation that applied to the place where the sign is to be erected.
(c)A regulation of an on-premise sign imposed by this chapter, adopted by the commission under this chapter, or adopted by a municipality does not apply in the unincorporated area of a county that adopts a regulation of an on-premise sign under this section.
(d)In lieu of exercising a regulatory power under this section, the commissioners court of the county, by order, may allow the commission to regulate on-premise signs in the unincorporated area of the county in accordance with a municipal or county regulation regarding on-premise signs in the unincorporated area. On adoption of the order, municipal authority to regulate on-premise signs in the unincorporated area is withdrawn.
(e)A regulation adopted under this section applies only to an on-premise sign erected on or after August 31, 1987.
(f)A commissioners court of a county regulating on-premise signs under this section may recover from an applicant for a permit authorized by this section the cost of issuing the permit provided the following are met:
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 130, eff. September 1, 2011.