85R26182 JTS-D     By: Raymond H.B. No. 2584     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2584:     By:  Morrison C.S.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 certain   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 CERTAIN   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 with a   population of more than 200,000 located in a county on the   Texas-Mexico border with a population of less than 300,000, may not   require an electronic sign owned by the municipality to be more than   500 feet from another sign.          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.