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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 Department of Transportation Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 2705-505 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-505) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.30)
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8 | Sec. 2705-505. Signs indicating travel-related facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | or
tourist-oriented businesses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) Signs indicating travel-related facilities or
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11 | tourist-oriented businesses. The Department shall, where
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12 | economically
feasible and safe,
install along various | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | interstate highways and other freeways with full
control of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | access, except those that are toll highways, signs to
alert
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15 | motorists of the travel-related facilities available in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | communities served
by upcoming interstate exits. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Department may also install, along other
rural State highways, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | signs to alert motorists of the tourist-oriented
businesses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | available on intersecting highways and roads under local
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20 | jurisdiction in rural areas. The Department has the
authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | to
sell or lease space on the signs to the owners or operators | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the
facilities
and to promulgate rules and regulations for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the leasing or purchasing of space. |
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1 | (b) In this Section, as it relates to signs installed by | ||||||
2 | the Department along other rural State highways to alert | ||||||
3 | motorists of the tourist-oriented businesses available on | ||||||
4 | intersecting highways and roads under local jurisdiction in | ||||||
5 | rural areas under subsection (a) of this Section: | ||||||
6 | "Rural area" means an area outside of an urban area. | ||||||
7 | "Urban area" means one or more incorporated | ||||||
8 | communities listed by the Federal Bureau of Census as | ||||||
9 | encompassing a total population of 4,000 or more within a | ||||||
10 | defined area, including any unincorporated areas within | ||||||
11 | such boundaries, but excluding rural portions of extended | ||||||
12 | communities, and Federal Bureau of Census designated | ||||||
13 | places of 4,000 or more population.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 90-272, eff. 7-30-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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15 | Section 10. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is | ||||||
16 | amended by changing Section 3.14 and by adding Section 3.17 as | ||||||
17 | follows:
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18 | (225 ILCS 440/3.14) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.14)
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19 | Sec. 3.14. Urban area. | ||||||
20 | (a) For purposes of this Act and except as set forth in | ||||||
21 | subsection (b) of this Section , "urban area" means an urbanized
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22 | area or, in the case of an urbanized area encompassing more | ||||||
23 | than one state,
that part of the urbanized area in each such | ||||||
24 | state, or an urban place as
designated by the Bureau of the |
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1 | Census of the United States having a
population of 5,000 or | ||||||
2 | more and not within any urbanized area, within
boundaries to be | ||||||
3 | fixed by responsible state and local officials in cooperation
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4 | with each other, subject to approval by the Secretary of the | ||||||
5 | United States
Department of Transportation. Such boundaries | ||||||
6 | shall, as a minimum, encompass
the entire urban place | ||||||
7 | designated by the Bureau of the Census. | ||||||
8 | (b) As it relates to signs erected and maintained by the | ||||||
9 | Department within the right-of-way on rural non-interstate and | ||||||
10 | non-freeway State highways and giving specific information | ||||||
11 | regarding tourist-oriented businesses in the interest of the | ||||||
12 | traveling public under Section 4.08 of this Act, "urban area" | ||||||
13 | means one or more incorporated communities listed by the | ||||||
14 | Federal Bureau of Census as encompassing a total population of | ||||||
15 | 4,000 or more within a defined area, including any | ||||||
16 | unincorporated areas within such boundaries, but excluding | ||||||
17 | rural portions of extended communities, and Federal Bureau of | ||||||
18 | Census designated places of 4,000 or more population.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 79-1009.)
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20 | (225 ILCS 440/3.17 new)
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21 | Sec. 3.17. Rural area. As it relates to signs erected and | ||||||
22 | maintained by the Department within the right-of-way on rural | ||||||
23 | non-interstate and non-freeway State highways and giving | ||||||
24 | specific information regarding tourist-oriented businesses in | ||||||
25 | the interest of the traveling public under Section 4.08 of this |
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1 | Act, "rural area" means an area outside of an urban area.
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