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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 216.004: MUNICIPAL BOARD.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
  4. CHAPTER 216. REGULATION OF SIGNS BY MUNICIPALITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. RELOCATION, RECONSTRUCTION, OR REMOVAL OF SIGN

(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 control. The board must be composed of:

(1) two real estate appraisers, each of whom must be a member in good standing of a nationally recognized professional appraiser society or trade organization that has an established code of ethics, educational program, and professional certification program;

(2) one person engaged in the sign business in the municipality;

(3) one employee of the Texas Department of Transportation who is familiar with real estate valuations in eminent domain proceedings; and

(4) one architect or landscape architect licensed by this state.

(b) A member of the board is appointed for a term of two years.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 951, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(47), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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