Tex. Transp. Code § 393.006 · Chapter 393. OUTDOOR SIGNS ON PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
DEFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
It is a defense to prosecution or suit under this chapter that the defendant was a candidate for an elective public office and the sign is placed:
(1) by a person other than the defendant; and
(2) in connection with a campaign for an elective public office by the defendant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 612 (H.B. 413), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.393.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 611c56eefa9bdc778299ebccc0d1b7514bed2d7a92e103643c0ccbcd420c22fa
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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