{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-394.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 394.044","heading":"REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR.","body":"(a) A sign or a substantial part of a sign that is blown down, destroyed, taken down, or removed for any purpose other than for maintenance or for changing a letter, symbol, or other matter on the sign may not be reerected, reconstructed, or rebuilt unless the sign conforms with this chapter.\n(b) For purposes of this section, a sign or substantial part of a sign is considered destroyed only if the cost of repairing the sign is more than 50 percent of the cost of erecting a new sign of the same type at the same location.\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 C. OTHER GENERAL REGULATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.394.htm#394.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"143f572c7d38cd618f019f52cd2cf155c0cbc0b999fd5a645db01e35e6456aa2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-394.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-394.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}