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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4838
Introduced 1/12/2010, by Rep. William B. Black SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 440/4.08 |
from Ch. 121, par. 504.08 |
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Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. In a provision concerning signs, displays, and devices giving specific information in
the interest of the traveling public, including information regarding tourist oriented businesses, provides that such signs, displays, and devices shall be prohibited from including any language or image that promotes unlawful activity or any activity that would elicit strong public complaint. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4838 |
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LRB096 16518 ASK 31789 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is |
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| amended by changing Section 4.08 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 440/4.08) (from Ch. 121, par. 504.08)
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| Sec. 4.08.
Signs, displays, and devices giving specific |
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| information in
the interest of the traveling public may be |
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| erected and maintained by the
Department within the |
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| right-of-way on the Interstate System and on other
freeways |
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| with full control of access in areas designated by the United
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| States Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to Title 23, U.S. |
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| Code,
Section 131 (f). Signs giving specific information |
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| regarding tourist oriented
businesses in the interest of the |
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| traveling public may also be erected and
maintained by the |
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| Department within the right-of-way on rural non-interstate
and |
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| non-freeway State highways. Such signs, displays, and devices |
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| shall
conform to national
standards promulgated by the |
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| Secretary pursuant to such authority and shall not include any |
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| language or image that promotes unlawful activity or any |
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| activity that would elicit strong public complaint.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-272, eff. 7-30-97.)
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