HB2595 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2595

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E Meier

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 440/8	from Ch. 121, par. 508
225 ILCS 440/8.5 new

Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that realtors shall not be required to pay any fee in connection with registering signs that advertise a specific property or properties to be sold. Provides that the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois shall notify the owners of all unregistered signs and demand payment of fees only after the Department has assessed all interstate highways within the State.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 changing Section 8 and by adding Section 8.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 440/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 508)

Sec. 8. Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act each sign, except signs described by Section 4.01 and signs along primary highways described by Sections 4.02 and 4.03, must be registered with the Department by the owner of the sign, on forms obtained from the Department. Within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, each sign located beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way located outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of the highway and erected with the purpose of the message being read from such traveled way, must be registered with the Department by the owner of the sign on forms obtained from the Department. The Department shall require reasonable information to be furnished including the name of the owner of the land on which the sign is located and a statement that the owner has consented to the erection or maintenance of the sign. Registration must be made of each sign and shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $5.

No sign, except signs described by Section 4.01 and signs along primary highways described by Sections 4.02 and 4.03, may be erected after the effective date of this Act without first obtaining a permit from the Department. The application for permit shall be on a form provided by the Department and shall contain such information as the Department may reasonably require. Upon receipt of an application containing all required information and appropriately executed and upon payment of the fee required under this Section, the Department then issues a permit to the applicant for the erection of the sign, provided such sign will not violate any provision of this Act. The application fee shall be as follows:

(1) for signs of less than 150 square feet, $50;

(2) for signs of at least 150 but less than 300 square feet, $100; and

(3) for signs of 300 or more square feet, $200.

Upon change of sign ownership the new owner of the sign shall notify the Department and supply the necessary information to renew the permit for such sign at no cost within 60 days after the change of ownership. Any permit not so renewed shall become void.

Owners of registered signs shall be issued an identifying tag, which must be securely affixed to the front face of the sign or sign structure in a conspicuous position by the owner within 60 days after receipt of the tag; owners of signs erected by permit shall be issued an identifying tag which must be securely affixed to the front face of the sign or sign structure in a conspicuous position by the owner upon completion of the sign erection or within 10 days after receipt of the tag, whichever is the later.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, realtors shall not be required to pay any fee in connection with registering signs that advertise a specific property or properties to be sold.

(Source: P.A. 87-1205.)

(225 ILCS 440/8.5 new)

Sec. 8.5. Unregistered signs. No more than once each year, the Department shall notify owners of unregistered signs of the need to register a sign and pay the fees associated with the registration. The Department shall notify the owners of all unregistered signs and demand payment of fees only after the Department has assessed all interstate highways within this State.