(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:
- (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;
- (2) one person engaged in the sign business in the municipality;
- (3) one employee of the Texas Department of Transportation who is familiar with real estate valuations in eminent domain proceedings; and
- (4) one architect or landscape architect licensed by this state.
- (b) A member of the board is appointed for a term of two years.
Acts 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.