Bill Text: IL HB5946 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that the definition of "maintain" includes the periodic changing of advertising messages as well as the normal maintenance or repair of signs and sign structures. In a provision defining "erect", provides that the following shall not constitute normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure: replacing more than 60% of the uprights, in whole or in part, of a wooden sign structure; replacing more than 30% of the length above ground of each broken, bent, or twisted support of a metal sign structure; raising the height above ground of a sign or sign structure; making a sign bigger; adding lighting; or similar activities that substantially change a sign or make a sign more valuable. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0919 [HB5946 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5946-Enrolled.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 Sections 3.06 and 3.08 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 440/3.06) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.06)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.06.
"Maintain" means to allow to exist and includes | ||||||
| 8 | the periodic changing of advertising messages as well as the | ||||||
| 9 | normal maintenance or repair of signs and sign structures.
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| 10 | (Source: P.A. 77-1815.)
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| 11 | (225 ILCS 440/3.08) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.08)
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| 12 | Sec. 3.08.
"Erect" means to construct, build, raise, | ||||||
| 13 | assemble, place, affix,
attach, create, paint, draw or in any | ||||||
| 14 | other way bring into being or
establish; but does not include | ||||||
| 15 | any of the foregoing activities when
performed as an incident | ||||||
| 16 | to the change of advertising message or normal
maintenance or | ||||||
| 17 | repair of a sign or sign structure. For the purposes of this | ||||||
| 18 | definition, the following shall not constitute normal | ||||||
| 19 | maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure: replacing | ||||||
| 20 | more than 60% of the uprights, in whole or in part, of a wooden | ||||||
| 21 | sign structure; replacing more than 30% of the length above | ||||||
| 22 | ground of each broken, bent, or twisted support of a metal sign | ||||||
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| 1 | structure; raising the height above ground of a sign or sign | ||||||
| 2 | structure; making a sign bigger; adding lighting; or similar | ||||||
| 3 | activities that substantially change a sign or make a sign more | ||||||
| 4 | valuable.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 77-1815.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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