Section 108.56. Dry Areas

TX Alco Bev Code § 108.56 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 108.56. DRY AREAS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), no person may erect or maintain a billboard or electric sign in an area or zone where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law.

(b) A person may erect or maintain a billboard in an area or zone where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law if:

(1) the premises that the billboard advertises is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or less; and

(2) the billboard is within 1,500 feet of the premises that the billboard advertises; and

(3) a United States highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway separates the premises and the billboard; or

(4) the billboard is located adjacent to a wet precinct separated by a United States highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway in a county with a population of 250,000 or less and advertises directions to a winery located in the adjacent wet precinct.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 522, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1264, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997.