Bill Text: IL HB1720 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning business areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1720 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1720-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 3.12 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 440/3.12) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.12)
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7 | Sec. 3.12. (a) "Business area" means any part of an area | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | adjacent to and and
within 660 feet of the right-of-way which | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | is at any time zoned for business,
commercial or industrial | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | activities under the authority of any law of this
State; or not | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | so zoned, but which constitutes an unzoned commercial or
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12 | industrial area as defined in Section 3.11. However, as to | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | signs along
Interstate highways, the term "business area" | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | includes only areas which
are within incorporated limits of any | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | city, village, or incorporated town,
as such limits existed on | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | September 21, 1959, and which are zoned for
industrial or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | commercial use, or both, or to portions of Interstate highways
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18 | which traverse other areas where the land use, as of September | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | 21, l959,
was established by State law as industrial or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | commercial, or both. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | With respect to signs owned or leased by the State or a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | political subdivision, an area zoned for business, commercial, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | or industrial activities that is adjacent to and within 660 |
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1 | feet of an Interstate highway and that is in Township 41 North, | ||||||
2 | Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, shall be deemed | ||||||
3 | a "business area" for purposes of this Act. This zoning must | ||||||
4 | have been a part of comprehensive zoning and not have been | ||||||
5 | created primarily to permit outdoor advertising structures as | ||||||
6 | described in 23 CFR 750. | ||||||
7 | (b) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act | ||||||
8 | of the 95th General Assembly are intended to comply with the | ||||||
9 | federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965, 23 U.S.C. 131, and | ||||||
10 | the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of the | ||||||
11 | United States Department of Transportation. To the extent that | ||||||
12 | the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation | ||||||
13 | or any court finds the changes to this Section made by this | ||||||
14 | amendatory Act to be inconsistent with or preempted by such law | ||||||
15 | or regulations, the changes shall be repealed to the extent | ||||||
16 | necessary to cure such inconsistency or preemption. | ||||||
17 | (c) The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
18 | General Assembly shall not be applicable if such application | ||||||
19 | would impact the receipt, use, or reimbursement of federal | ||||||
20 | funds by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 95-340, eff. 1-1-08.)
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