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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 6. ROADWAYS |
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Subtitle H. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION |
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Chapter 391. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ON INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY SYSTEMS AND CERTAIN ROADS |
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Subchapter C. LICENSE AND PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
Sec. 391.068. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commission shall issue a permit to a person with a license issued under this subchapter:
(1) whose license application complies with rules adopted under Section 391.065; and
(2) whose outdoor advertising, whether owned or leased, if erected would comply with this chapter and rules adopted under Section 391.032(a).
(b) The commission by rule shall prescribe:
(1) a reasonable fee for each permit;
(2) the time for and manner of applying for a permit; and
(3) the form and content of the permit application.
(c) A permit issued to regulate the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising by a political subdivision of this state within that subdivision's jurisdiction shall be accepted in lieu of the permit required by this subchapter if the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising complies with this subchapter and rules adopted under Section 391.032(a).
(d) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), if the outdoor advertising is located within the jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million that is exercising its authority to regulate outdoor advertising, the commission may issue a permit under this section only if the municipality:
(1) has not acted to prohibit new outdoor advertising within the jurisdiction of the municipality; and
(2) has issued a permit authorizing the outdoor advertising.
(e) Subsection (d) does not apply to the relocation of outdoor advertising to another location if the construction, reconstruction, or expansion of a highway requires the removal of the outdoor advertising.