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Texas City Alert: New TxDOT Rules Will Allow Changeable Electronic Variable Message Billboards in Your City & Its ETJ.

It’s true. Beginning June 1, 2008, newly enacted TxDOT rules will allow color, changeable-message electronic billboards that look like giant TV screens to be erected in your city, including the unincorporated extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). But there is some good news; the outdoor billboard company must get your permission for TxDOT to issue a permit. Act now to adopt protective ordinances. You may not want your citizens to wake up to brightly lit, changing electronic billboards after June 1. Once they are turned on, it will be virtually impossible to unplug them.

Click here for a form ordinance. [1]

Click here to learn more about citizen concerns: safety, future condemnation costs, light and noise pollution, scenic degradation, citizen outcry around the country, and what the billboards look like [2].

Protect Your Favorite Roads:

Want to protect your favorite roads from billboards? Follow these steps to take action! [3]

Support Scenic Legislation:

Join 200 Cities, Counties, and Community Groups who have already endorsed legislationn that will result in a more scenic Texas, by clicking on the appropriate Resolution below. Just follow the instructions to help beautify the State and encourage Economic Development:

• City Resolution [4]
• County Resolution [5]
• Community Group Resolution [6]
• Chamber of Commerce Resolution [7]

For more information on scenic issues, go to these fact sheets:

• No New Billboards - Scenic Texas Fact Sheet [8]
• Scenic Byways - Scenic Texas Fact Sheet [9]
• Landscaping- Scenic Texas Fact Sheet [10]

See more useful links here [11]