Public Act 102-0980
 
HB5463 EnrolledLRB102 24162 AMQ 33388 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by adding 
Section 9-112.6 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/9-112.6 new)
    Sec. 9-112.6. Vegetation control permit.
    (a) The Department may provide for vegetation control on 
land or a right-of-way under its jurisdiction related to the 
visibility of a permitted or registered outdoor advertising 
sign or grant a permit for such work.
    (b)   The Department may issue rules to provide the 
standards and procedures for vegetation control, including, 
but not limited to, permit applications, permits, revocations, 
and the requirements for the replacement of vegetation and 
landscaping removal to establish clear visibility zones of 
signs along highways in the State under its jurisdiction.
    (c) The Department shall allow the cutting or trimming of 
vegetation to clear a visibility zone 250 feet in front of a 
single-sided sign and 250 feet in front of each side of a 
double-sided sign. The visibility zone for signs shall also 
include an additional 250-foot triangular section measured 
diagonally from the edge of the right-of-way to the edge of 
pavement. This distance shall be measured from the edge of the 
sign face closest to the pavement in a direction parallel to 
the pavement. All cutting or trimming of vegetation shall 
maintain environmental compliance and in no event shall the 
cutting or trimming of vegetation violate safety rules of the 
Department.
    (d) The Department shall process a completed vegetation 
control application within 45 days of receiving such an 
application.

 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 3 months 
after becoming law.