{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-216.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 216.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Sign\" means an outdoor structure, sign, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform.\n(2) \"On-premise sign\" means a freestanding sign identifying or advertising a business, person, or activity, and installed and maintained on the same premises as the business, person, or activity.\n(3) \"Off-premise sign\" means a sign displaying advertising copy that pertains to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product not principally located or primarily manufactured or sold on the premises on which the sign is located.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 216. REGULATION OF SIGNS BY MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. RELOCATION, RECONSTRUCTION, OR REMOVAL OF SIGN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.216.htm#216.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"9090a075e2ae7b6dabd43c6e67828b6f198c7277da948786afc4650c4ff1dbdb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-216.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-216.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}