Issuance of Permit

Sec. 394.022. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. (a) The commission shall issue a permit to a person: (1) whose application complies with commission rule; (2) whose sign, if erected, would comply with the requirements of this chapter; and (3) who, if the off-premise sign is located within the jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million that is exercising its authority to regulate off-premise signs, has obtained a permit for the off-premise sign. (b) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to the relocation of an off-premise sign to another location if the construction, reconstruction, or expansion of a highway requires the removal of the off-premise sign. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083 (H.B. 2944), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.