(a) A nonprofit service club, charitable association, religious organization, chamber of commerce, economic development council, nonprofit museum, or governmental entity may obtain a permit under this section to erect or maintain a nonprofit sign.
(b) To qualify as a nonprofit sign, the sign must:
  (1) advertise or promote:
    (A) a political subdivision in whose jurisdiction the sign is located or a political subdivision that is adjacent to such a political subdivision; or
    (B) the entity that will hold the permit, but may only give information about the meetings, services, events, or location of the entity or provide a message that relates to promotion of all or a part of the political subdivision but that does not include identification of individual merchants; and
  (2) comply with each sign requirement under this subchapter from which it is not expressly exempted.
(c) An application for a permit under this section must be in a form prescribed by the department and must include, in detail, the content of the message to be displayed on the sign.
(d) After a permit is issued, the permit holder must obtain approval from the department to change the message of the sign. The department may issue an order of removal of the sign if the permit holder fails to obtain that approval.
(e) If a sign ceases to qualify as a nonprofit sign, the permit for the sign is subject to cancellation under §21.425 of this subchapter (relating to Cancellation of Permit).
(f) If the holder of a permit issued under this section loses its nonprofit status or wishes to change the sign so that it no longer qualifies as a nonprofit sign the permit holder must:
  (1) obtain a license under §21.153 of this chapter (relating to License Issuance) or §21.450 of this subchapter (relating to License Issuance); and
  (2) convert the sign permit to a permit for a sign other than a nonprofit sign and pay the original permit and renewal fees provided by §21.424 of this subchapter (relating to Permit Fees).

Source Note: The provisions of this §21.457 adopted to be effective April 19, 2012, 37 TexReg 2687; amended to be effective June 19, 2014, 39 TexReg 4668