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90_HB0407
225 ILCS 440/10 from Ch. 121, par. 510
Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act to prohibit
signs advertising alcohol or tobacco products within 1,000
feet of an elementary or secondary school.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Highway Advertising Control Act of
2 1971 by changing Section 10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971
6 is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 440/10) (from Ch. 121, par. 510)
8 Sec. 10. Unlawful signs. The following signs are
9 unlawful and a public nuisances nuisance:
10 (a) Signs erected after the effective date of this Act
11 in violation of this Act;
12 (b) Signs not registered in accordance with this Act or
13 in accordance with the regulations established by the
14 Department;
15 (c) Signs without valid permits, as required by this Act
16 or by regulations established by the Department;
17 (d) Signs advertising alcoholic beverages or tobacco
18 products located within 1,000 feet of any elementary or
19 secondary school.
20 Each sign declared by this Section to be unlawful and a
21 public nuisance shall be removed or brought into compliance
22 with this Act by the owner, without compensation, within 30
23 days after receipt of notice by certified mail from the
24 Department, such notice period to be computed from the date
25 of mailing. If the unlawful sign is affixed to a motor
26 vehicle or a trailer or other vehicle capable of being
27 propelled by a motor vehicle, it shall be removed by the
28 owner, without compensation, within 24 hours after verbal
29 notice by the Department. Any signs not so removed by the
30 owners or any such signs which are removed and re-erected
31 illegally by the owners shall become the property of the
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1 State and shall be removed and disposed of by the Department
2 or may be painted over by the Department. The Department is
3 also granted authority to enter upon private property for
4 these purposes. If the name and address of the owner of the
5 sign cannot be ascertained from the records of the Department
6 or from a visual inspection of the sign, notices provided for
7 by this Section foregoing notice provisions are not required
8 and the Department shall take immediate action to remove or
9 paint over the sign.
10 (Source: P.A. 79-1009.)