| (a) The department will accept and investigate all
written complaints on a specific sign structure, sign company, or
any other issue under the jurisdiction of the outdoor advertising
program.
(b) The complaints can be filed via the department's
website, www.txdot.gov, or by mail to Texas Department of Transportation,
Outdoor Advertising, P.O. Box 13043, Austin, Texas 78711-3043.
(c) If the complaint involves a sign structure or a
sign company the department will notify the owner of the sign structure
or sign company of the complaint and the pending investigation within
15 days of receipt of the complaint. This notification will include
a copy of the complaint and complaint investigation procedures.
(d) If the complaint included contact information,
the department will provide the complainant with a copy of the complaint
procedures within 15 days of the receipt of the complaint.
(e) If the complaint involves fewer than 10 sign structures
the department will investigate the complaint and make a finding within
30 days of the receipt of the complaint. If the complaint involves
10 or more sign structures or is an investigation of a sign company
or other outdoor advertising matter the department will make a finding
within 90 days of the receipt of the complaint.
(f) If the department is unable to meet the deadlines
in subsection (e) of this section, the department will notify the
complainant, the sign owner, or sign company of the delay and will
provide a date for the completion of the investigation.
(g) The department will provide the complainant, sign
owner, or sign company the findings of the investigation, which will
include whether administrative enforcement actions are being initiated.
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