Texas Administrative Code
Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 21 - RIGHT OF WAY
Subchapter I - REGULATION OF SIGNS ALONG INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY HIGHWAYS
Division 1 - SIGNS
Section 21.183 - Lighting of and Movement on Commercial Signs
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) A sign may not contain or be illuminated by flashing, intermittent, or moving lights, including any type of screen using animated or scrolling displays, unless the permit for the sign specifies that the sign is an electronic sign.
(b) A conforming sign may be illuminated. The illumination must be by upward or downward lighting of no more than 4 luminaires per direction of the sign face or faces of the structure.
(c) Lights that are a part of or illuminate a sign:
(d) A temporary protrusion may not be illuminated by flashing or moving lights or enhanced by reflective material that creates the illusion of flashing or moving lights.
(e) Reflective paint or reflective disks may be used on a sign face only if the paint or disks do not:
(f) A neon light may be used on a sign face only if:
(g) A sign, including an electronic sign, may contain a temporary protrusion area of the sign face that displays only numerical characters and that satisfies this subsection and the requirements of § 21.176 of this subchapter (relating to Commercial Sign Face Size and Positioning). The display on the temporary protrusion may be a digital or other electronic display, but if so:
(h) If the department finds that an electronic sign causes glare or otherwise impairs the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle or otherwise interferes with the operation of a motor vehicle, the owner of the sign, within 12 hours of a request by the department, shall reduce the intensity of the sign to a level acceptable to the department.