{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-216.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 216.004","heading":"MUNICIPAL BOARD.","body":"(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:\n(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;\n(2) one person engaged in the sign business in the municipality;\n(3) one employee of the Texas Department of Transportation who is familiar with real estate valuations in eminent domain proceedings; and\n(4) one architect or landscape architect licensed by this state.\n(b) A member of the board is appointed for a term of two years.\nActs 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.","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#216.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"d61c475df75fa97fa2f3b80498519a0abb3fdab0c5640d9920ebc2f3e5018d11","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-216.0035","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-216.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}