HB5885 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5885

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 440/4.01-5 new

Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that a sign in place on the effective date of the amendatory Act that is encroaching on public property where the majority of the sign is located on private property may be maintained along primary or Interstate highways. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is amended by adding Section 4.01-5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 440/4.01-5 new)

Sec. 4.01-5. Private property signs encroaching on public property. A sign that is in place on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and that is encroaching on public property, where the majority of the sign is located on private property.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.