98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2595

 

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E Meier

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 440/8  from Ch. 121, par. 508
225 ILCS 440/8.5 new

    Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that realtors shall not be required to pay any fee in connection with registering signs that advertise a specific property or properties to be sold. Provides that the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois shall notify the owners of all unregistered signs and demand payment of fees only after the Department has assessed all interstate highways within the State.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is
5amended by changing Section 8 and by adding Section 8.5 as
6follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 440/8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 508)
8    Sec. 8. Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act
9each sign, except signs described by Section 4.01 and signs
10along primary highways described by Sections 4.02 and 4.03,
11must be registered with the Department by the owner of the
12sign, on forms obtained from the Department. Within 90 days
13after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, each
14sign located beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way located
15outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of
16the highway and erected with the purpose of the message being
17read from such traveled way, must be registered with the
18Department by the owner of the sign on forms obtained from the
19Department. The Department shall require reasonable
20information to be furnished including the name of the owner of
21the land on which the sign is located and a statement that the
22owner has consented to the erection or maintenance of the sign.
23Registration must be made of each sign and shall be accompanied

 

 

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1by a registration fee of $5.
2    No sign, except signs described by Section 4.01 and signs
3along primary highways described by Sections 4.02 and 4.03, may
4be erected after the effective date of this Act without first
5obtaining a permit from the Department. The application for
6permit shall be on a form provided by the Department and shall
7contain such information as the Department may reasonably
8require. Upon receipt of an application containing all required
9information and appropriately executed and upon payment of the
10fee required under this Section, the Department then issues a
11permit to the applicant for the erection of the sign, provided
12such sign will not violate any provision of this Act. The
13application fee shall be as follows:
14    (1) for signs of less than 150 square feet, $50;
15    (2) for signs of at least 150 but less than 300 square
16feet, $100; and
17    (3) for signs of 300 or more square feet, $200.
18    Upon change of sign ownership the new owner of the sign
19shall notify the Department and supply the necessary
20information to renew the permit for such sign at no cost within
2160 days after the change of ownership. Any permit not so
22renewed shall become void.
23    Owners of registered signs shall be issued an identifying
24tag, which must be securely affixed to the front face of the
25sign or sign structure in a conspicuous position by the owner
26within 60 days after receipt of the tag; owners of signs

 

 

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1erected by permit shall be issued an identifying tag which must
2be securely affixed to the front face of the sign or sign
3structure in a conspicuous position by the owner upon
4completion of the sign erection or within 10 days after receipt
5of the tag, whichever is the later.
6    Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, realtors
7shall not be required to pay any fee in connection with
8registering signs that advertise a specific property or
9properties to be sold.
10(Source: P.A. 87-1205.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 440/8.5 new)
12    Sec. 8.5. Unregistered signs. No more than once each year,
13the Department shall notify owners of unregistered signs of the
14need to register a sign and pay the fees associated with the
15registration. The Department shall notify the owners of all
16unregistered signs and demand payment of fees only after the
17Department has assessed all interstate highways within this
18State.