Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 395 - Outdoor Signs And Motorist Information Panels On Toll Roads In Certain Counties

SUBCHAPTER A REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SIGNS BY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY

• Texas Section 395.001 - Application Of Subchapter
  (a) This subchapter applies only to: (1) the governing body of a toll road authority: (A) in which a county with a population of 3.3...
• Texas Section 395.002 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Governing body" includes only the governing body of a toll road authority. (2) "Sign" means a display, light, device, figure, painting,...
• Texas Section 395.003 - Regulation Of Signs
  The governing body of a toll road authority may adopt rules to license, regulate, or prohibit the placement of a sign visible from the main-traveled...
• Texas Section 395.004 - Municipal Ordinances
  (a) If the governing body adopts a rule under this subchapter that applies to a sign on property located in the territory of a municipality...
• Texas Section 395.005 - Compensation For Signs
  (a) If the governing body requires the removal of a sign: (1) the owner of the sign is entitled to compensation for the cash value...
• Texas Section 395.006 - Tax Abatement
  (a) The governing body, with the approval of the commissioners court and in accordance with Chapter 312, Tax Code, may abate county property taxes owed...
• Texas Section 395.007 - Sign Abatement And Beautification Fund
  (a) The governing body may deposit all or part of the county property tax paid on a sign, on the real property on which a...
• Texas Section 395.008 - Sign Abatement Revenue Bonds
  (a) The governing body may issue sign abatement revenue bonds. (b) The governing body may use the proceeds from the bonds only to compensate the...
• Texas Section 395.009 - Cash
  The governing body may pay compensation in cash. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

SUBCHAPTER B TOLL ROAD INFORMATIONAL SIGNS

• Texas Section 395.010 - Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted under this subchapter that defines an offense. (b) An offense under this...
• Texas Section 395.051 - Application Of Subchapter
  (a) This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million or a county adjacent to a county with a...
• Texas Section 395.052 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Business sign" means a sign that contains the brand, trademark, name, or logo of a qualified business. (2) "Motorist information panel"...
• Texas Section 395.053 - Erection Of Motorist Information Panels
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county by order may erect and maintain motorist information panels in a right-of-way...
• Texas Section 395.054 - Regulation Of Business Signs
  (a) The commissioners court may adopt orders for administration of this subchapter. (b) The commissioners court by order shall provide for: (1) spacing requirements between...
• Texas Section 395.055 - Application For Business Sign On Panel
  (a) The commissioners court by order shall specify: (1) the time and manner of applying for a business sign on a motorist information panel; (2)...
• Texas Section 395.056 - Account
  (a) The commissioners court shall deposit money received under this subchapter to the credit of an account in the county general fund. (b) The commissioners...
• Texas Section 395.057 - Regulation By Toll Road Authority
  A toll road authority may not regulate a motorist information panel or business sign erected, maintained, or regulated under this subchapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 395.058 - Conflict With Municipal Ordinance
  (a) This subchapter does not authorize a commissioners court to issue an order or regulation that conflicts with a municipal ordinance pertaining to billboards or...

Last modified: September 28, 2016