85R11284 JTS-D     By: Raymond H.B. No. 2584       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to regulation by the Texas Department of Transportation of   the spacing along highways of outdoor advertising in   municipalities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 391, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 391.038 to read as follows:          Sec. 391.038.  SPACING REQUIREMENTS IN MUNICIPALITIES. (a)     In this section, "electronic sign" means a sign that changes its   message or copy by programmable electronic or mechanical processes.          (b)  The department, in regulating outdoor advertising   located in the corporate boundaries of a municipality, may not   consider for the purposes of spacing distances an electronic sign   owned by a political subdivision.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.