(a) If a sign permit expires without renewal or is canceled or if the sign is erected or maintained in violation of this subchapter, the owner of the sign, on a written demand by the department, shall remove the sign at no cost to the state.
(b) If the owner does not remove the sign within 30 days of the day that the demand for removal is sent, the department will remove the sign and will charge the sign owner for the cost of removal, including the cost of any court proceedings.
(c) The department will rescind a removal demand if the department determines the demand was issued incorrectly.

Source Note: The provisions of this §21.440 adopted to be effective July 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 2418