{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-394.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 394.024","heading":"BOND.","body":"(a) The commission by rule may require an applicant for a permit to file with the commission a surety bond or other security in a reasonable amount.\n(b) The bond or other security must be payable to the commission to reimburse the commission for the cost of removing a sign unlawfully erected or maintained by a permit holder.\n(c) A rule adopted under Subsection (a) must exempt an applicant from filing a bond or other security if the applicant has:\n(1) held at least five permits under this chapter for at least one year; and\n(2) not violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter during the preceding 12 months.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE H. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION","CHAPTER 394. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SIGNS ON RURAL ROADS","SUBCHAPTER B. LICENSE AND PERMIT FOR OFF-PREMISE SIGN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.394.htm#394.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"ce25c660e45d95f592fcf40075fbc7539b1a04db1391d2954c4ad0362125eed4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-394.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-394.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}