Bill Text: CT HB06575 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Applications To Erect Outdoor Advertising Structures And The Fees For The Erection And Maintenance Of Such Structures.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation [HB06575 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06575-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6575
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 4325
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
(TRA)

AN ACT CONCERNING APPLICATIONS TO ERECT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES AND THE FEES FOR THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH STRUCTURES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 21-50 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

No person, firm or corporation shall erect or maintain any outdoor advertising structure, device or display until a permit for the erection of such structure, device or display has been obtained from the Commissioner of Transportation. [Application] An application for such permit shall be made in writing, [signed by the applicant or his authorized agent,] upon [blanks] a form furnished by the commissioner [in such form] and requiring such information as [he] the commissioner prescribes, and shall be signed by the applicant or an authorized agent of such applicant. Each application shall [have attached thereto] be accompanied by the written consent of the owners of the property on which such structure, device or display is to be erected or maintained, and the application fee required by subsection (a) of section 21-52, as amended by this act. [Each application shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in subsection (a) of section 21-52.] The fee for such permit shall be as provided in subsection (b) of said section and shall be payable upon the [granting] issuance of such permit and annually thereafter on the first day of August. The erection of any structure, device or display for which a permit is issued shall be completed and such structure, device or display shall have the ability to display advertising not later than six months following the issuance date of the permit. The failure to complete such structure, or the inability of such structure to display advertising by the end of such six-month period shall result in the cancellation of such permit.

Sec. 2. Section 21-52 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(a) The fee for an application for a permit to erect or maintain any outdoor advertising structure, device or display shall be as follows: For each panel, bulletin, or sign containing less than three hundred square feet of advertising space, fifty dollars; and for each panel, bulletin or sign containing three hundred square feet or more of advertising space, one hundred dollars.

(b) The [annual] fee [for] payable upon the issuance of such permit and annually thereafter on the first day of August shall be as follows: For each panel, bulletin or sign containing three hundred square feet or less of advertising space, [twenty] forty dollars; for each panel, bulletin or sign containing more than three hundred and not more than six hundred square feet of advertising space, [forty] eighty dollars; and for each panel, bulletin or sign containing more than six hundred square feet and not more than nine hundred square feet of advertising space, [sixty] one hundred twenty dollars. No sign shall be erected which contains more than nine hundred square feet of advertising space. A fee shall be paid for each side of each panel, bulletin or sign used for advertising, provided, if two panels, bulletins or signs advertising the same products or services are attached to the same support or supports, only one annual permit fee shall be paid for each side thereof and the total advertising space on each side thereof shall be used for computing the annual permit fee of each panel, bulletin or sign. The annual permit fee for any part of a year shall bear the same proportion to the annual permit fee for an entire year that the number of months in such part bears to the entire year. The fee for the transfer of any such permit from one person, firm or corporation to another person, firm or corporation shall be one hundred dollars, payable by the transferee on the date of such transfer.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	21-50
Sec. 2	October 1, 2011	21-52

Statement of Purpose:

To increase fees for outdoor advertising permits, require advertising structures to be constructed and operational within six months following the issuance of a permit, and to establish a fee for the transfer of permits between parties.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]