HB3918 - Relating to information on local regulations governing the placement of political signs in a municipality.

  89R15891 MZM-D     By: Plesa, Isaac, Raymond H.B. No. 3918       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to information on local regulations governing the   placement of political signs in a municipality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 259.003, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:           (e)     The governing body of each municipality shall publish on   the municipality's Internet website:                 (1)     a copy of any local regulation governing the   placement of political signs in the municipality's boundaries; and                 (2)     a map outlining any area in the municipality in   which the placement of political signs is specifically regulated or   prohibited.           (f)     The clerk or secretary of the governing body of a   municipality shall provide a copy of the local regulations and map   described by Subsection (e) to:                 (1)  each candidate for an office in the municipality;                 (2)     the elections officer of each political   subdivision whose boundaries cross into or are contained in the   municipality's boundaries; and                 (3)     the county chair or clerk of each political party   in the county in which the municipality is located or, if the seat   is vacant, the state chair of that political party.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.