Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 216.004. MUNICIPAL BOARD. (a) If a municipality requires the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign within its corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction, the presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality shall appoint a municipal board on sign…

Sec. 216.005. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION. (a) The municipal board on sign control shall determine the amount of the compensation to which the owner of a sign that is required to be relocated, reconstructed, or removed is entitled. The determination shall be made afte…

Sec. 216.006. COMPENSATION FOR RELOCATED SIGN. The compensable costs for a sign that is required to be relocated include the expenses of dismantling the sign, transporting it to another site, and reerecting it. The board shall determine the compensable costs according to the stan…

Sec. 216.007. COMPENSATION FOR RECONSTRUCTED SIGN. The compensable costs for a sign that is required to be reconstructed include expenses of labor and materials and any loss in the value of the sign due to the reconstruction in excess of 15 percent of that value. The board shall …

Sec. 216.008. COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL OF OFF-PREMISE SIGN. (a) For an off-premise sign that is required to be removed, the compensable cost is an amount computed by determining the average annual gross revenue received by the owner from the sign during the two years preceding Se…

Sec. 216.009. COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL OF ON-PREMISE SIGN. For an on-premise sign that is required to be removed, the compensable cost is an amount computed by determining a reasonable balance between the original cost of the sign, less depreciation, and the current replacement c…

Sec. 216.010. METHOD OF COMPENSATION. (a) To pay the compensable costs required under this subchapter, the governing body of a municipality may use only a method, or a combination of the methods, prescribed by this section. (b) If any sign is required to be relocated or reconstru…

Sec. 216.011. TAX APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY WITH NONCONFORMING SIGN. For each nonconforming sign, the board shall file with the appropriate property tax appraisal office the board's compensable costs value appraisal of the sign. The appraisal office shall consider the board's apprais…

Sec. 216.012. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SIGNS UNDER SIGN ORDINANCE IN EFFECT ON JUNE 1, 1985. (a) This section applies to compensation for the required relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign under a municipal ordinance in effect on June 1, 1985, that provided for compensat…

Sec. 216.013. EXCEPTIONS. (a) The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that was erected in violation of local ordinances, laws, or regulations applicable at the time of its erection. (b) The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that, having bee…

Sec. 216.014. APPEAL. (a) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board may file in district court a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be filed within 20 days after …

Sec. 216.015. EFFECT OF PARTIAL INVALIDITY. (a) The legislature declares that it would not have enacted the following without the inclusion of Section 216.010(a), to the extent that provision excludes methods of compensation not specifically authorized by that provision: (1) this…

Sec. 216.901. REGULATION OF SIGNS BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. (a) A home-rule municipality may license, regulate, control, or prohibit the erection of signs or billboards by charter or ordinance. (b) Subsection (a) does not authorize a municipality to regulate the relocation, reco…

Sec. 216.902. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SIGNS IN MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) A municipality may extend the provisions of its outdoor sign regulatory ordinance and enforce the ordinance within its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction as defined by Chapter 42. Ho…