95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1433


 
Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Fred Crespo
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














225 ILCS 440/3.12
  from Ch. 121, par. 503.12








    Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that with respect to signs owned or leased by the State or a political subdivision, an area zoned for business, commercial, or industrial activities adjacent to and within 660 feet of an Interstate highway and that is in Township 41 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, shall be deemed a "business area" for purposes of the Act. Contains provisions concerning repeal if preempted by federal law or regulation and concerning inapplicability if receipt of federal funds by IDOT is impacted.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

 
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    Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is 
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amended  by changing Section 3.12 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 440/3.12)  (from Ch. 121, par. 503.12)



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    Sec. 3.12. "Business area" means any part of an area 
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adjacent to and
within 660 feet of the right-of-way which is at 
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any time zoned for business,
commercial or industrial 
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activities under the authority of any law of this
State; or not 
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so zoned, but which constitutes an unzoned commercial or

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industrial area as defined in Section 3.11.  However, as to 
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signs along
Interstate highways, the term "business area" 
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includes only areas which
are within incorporated limits of any 
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city, village, or incorporated town,
as such limits existed on 
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September 21, 1959, and which are zoned for
industrial or 
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commercial use, or both, or to portions of Interstate highways

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which traverse other areas where the land use, as of September 
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21, l959,
was established by State law as industrial or 
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commercial, or both.
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    With respect to signs owned or leased by the State or a 
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political subdivision, an area zoned for business, commercial, 
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or industrial activities that is adjacent to and within 660 
 


 






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feet of an Interstate highway and that is in Township 41 North, 
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Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, shall be deemed 
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a "business area" for purposes of this Act.  This zoning must 
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have been a part of comprehensive zoning and not have been 
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created primarily to permit outdoor advertising structures as 
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described in 23 CFR 750.


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(Source: P.A. 79-1009.)

 
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    Section 90. Purpose; severability. The changes to the 
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Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 made by this Act are 
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intended to comply with the federal Highway Beautification Act 
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of 1965, 23 U.S.C. 131, and the regulations promulgated 
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thereunder by the Secretary for the United States Department of 
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Transportation.  To the extent that the Secretary of 
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Transportation or any court finds the changes to the Highway 
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Advertising Control Act of 1971 made by this Act to be 
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inconsistent with or preempted by such law or regulations, the 
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changes shall be repealed to the extent necessary to cure such 
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inconsistency or preemption.

 
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    Section 95. Applicability. The provisions of this 
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amendatory Act shall not be applicable if such application 
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would impact the receipt, use, or reimbursement of federal 
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funds by the Illinois Department of Transportation.