Rep. John D'Amico

Filed: 5/6/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3987

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3987 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is
5amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 440/8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 508)
7    Sec. 8. Within 90 days after the effective date of this
8Act, each sign, except signs described by Sections 4.01, 4.02,
9and 4.03, must be registered with the Department by the owner
10of the sign, on forms obtained from the Department. Within 90
11days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975,
12each sign located beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way located
13outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of
14the highway and erected with the purpose of the message being
15read from such traveled way, must be registered with the
16Department by the owner of the sign on forms obtained from the

 

 

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1Department. The Department shall require reasonable
2information to be furnished including the name of the owner of
3the land on which the sign is located and a statement that the
4owner has consented to the erection or maintenance of the sign.
5Registration must be made of each sign and shall be accompanied
6by a registration fee of $5.
7    No sign, except signs described by Sections 4.01, 4.02, and
84.03, may be erected after the effective date of this Act
9without first obtaining a permit from the Department. The
10application for permit shall be on a form provided by the
11Department and shall contain such information as the Department
12may reasonably require. Upon receipt of an application
13containing all required information and appropriately executed
14and upon payment of the fee required under this Section, the
15Department shall, within the subsequent 14 days, send to the
16applicant a notice indicating that the application was received
17and whether the application contains all required information,
18as defined by rule. Within 30 days after the receipt of the
19notice from the Department, the applicant may correct any
20deficiencies stated in the notice. Upon the expiration of the
2130-day period allowed to the applicant to correct deficiencies
22in the notice, the Department shall then have 30 days to make a
23determination that either the Department approves the
24application and shall issue a permit to the applicant for the
25erection of the sign, provided such sign will not violate any
26provision of this Act, or, if a permit cannot be approved, then

 

 

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1the Department shall issue to the applicant a notice of intent
2to deny that includes a detailed explanation of the
3deficiencies in the application. Within 30 days after the
4receipt of the notice of intent to deny from the Department,
5the applicant may correct any deficiencies stated in the notice
6of intent to deny. Upon the expiration of the 30-day period
7allowed to the applicant to correct the deficiencies in the
8notice of intent to deny, the Department shall then have 30
9days to make a determination that either the Department
10approves the application and shall issue then issues a permit
11to the applicant for the erection of the sign, provided such
12sign will not violate any provision of this Act, or, if a
13permit cannot be approved, the Department shall then issue a
14final notice of determination to the applicant denying the
15application. The application fee shall be as follows:
16        (1) for signs of less than 150 square feet, $50;
17        (2) for signs of at least 150 but less than 300 square
18    feet, $100; and
19        (3) for signs of 300 or more square feet, $200.
20    In determining the appropriateness of issuing a permit for
21a municipal network sign, the Department shall waive any
22provision or requirement of this Act or administrative rule
23adopted under the authority of this Act to the extent that the
24waiver does not contravene the federal Highway Beautification
25Act of 1965, 23 U.S.C. 131, and the regulations promulgated
26under that Act by the Secretary of the United States Department

 

 

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1of Transportation. Any municipal network sign applications
2pending on May 1, 2013 that are not affected by compliance with
3the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965 shall be issued
4within 10 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
5of the 98th General Assembly. The determination of the balance
6of pending municipal network sign applications and issuance of
7approved permits shall be completed within 30 days after the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
9Assembly. To the extent that the Secretary of the United States
10Department of Transportation or any court finds any permit
11granted pursuant to such a waiver to be inconsistent with or
12preempted by the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965, 23
13U.S.C. 131, and the regulations promulgated under that Act,
14that permit shall be void.
15    Upon change of sign ownership the new owner of the sign
16shall notify the Department and supply the necessary
17information to renew the permit for such sign at no cost within
1860 days after the change of ownership. Any permit not so
19renewed shall become void.
20    Owners of registered signs shall be issued an identifying
21tag, which must remain securely affixed to the front face of
22the sign or sign structure in a conspicuous position by the
23owner within 60 days after receipt of the tag; owners of signs
24erected by permit shall be issued an identifying tag which must
25remain securely affixed to the front face of the sign or sign
26structure in a conspicuous position by the owner upon

 

 

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1completion of the sign erection or within 10 days after receipt
2of the tag, whichever is the later.
3(Source: P.A. 98-56, eff. 7-5-13.)".