Bill Text: VA HB661 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Outdoor advertising; fee schedule established by Commonwealth Transportation Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Transportation [HB661 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-HB661-Prefiled.html
16103384D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §33.2-1209 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §33.2-1209. Applications for permits; fees. A. A separate application for a permit shall be made for each separate advertisement or advertising structure, on a form furnished by the Commissioner of Highways, which application shall be signed by the applicant or his representative duly authorized in writing to act for him and shall describe and set forth the size, shape, and nature of the advertisement or advertising structure it is proposed to post, display, erect, or maintain and its actual or proposed location with sufficient accuracy to enable the Commissioner of Highways to identify such advertisement or advertising structure and to find its actual or proposed location. B. Each application shall be accompanied
by an application fee in an amount determined
C.
E. The Board shall establish reasonable fees to be collected by the Commissioner of Highways for the purpose of securing a permit to erect an off-premises sign, advertisement, or advertising structure as provided in § 33.2-1208. Such fees shall be deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to §33.2-1530 and shall be set aside in a special fund specifically accounted for and to be used by the Commissioner of Highways solely to defray the actual costs of supervising and administering the outdoor advertising signs and structures permit program; included in these costs shall be a reasonable margin, not to exceed 10 percent, as a reserve fund. 2. That the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall establish a revised fee schedule pursuant to subsection E of §33.2-1209 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by this act, and in establishing such schedule shall solicit input from members of the outdoor advertising industry and other interested stakeholders. 3. That regulatory amendments necessary as a result of the provisions of this act shall be exempt from Article 2 (§2.2-4006 et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act of the Code of Virginia for the initial establishment of a fee schedule by the Commonwealth Transportation Board; however, subsequent amendments shall not be exempt. 4. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2017. |