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Senate Bill 493

Outdoor advertising signs that are relocated because of state highway projects

Topics: Billboard, County: Ordinance, Municipality: Ordinance, Road: Construction and repair, Transportation, Department of: Roads

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 20, 2012

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, if a highway project of the Department of Transportation (DOT) causes the realignment of an outdoor advertising sign that does not conform to a local ordinance (sign), the realignment does not affect the sign's nonconforming status under the ordinance. "Realignment" is defined as relocation on the same site.

If DOT proposes the realignment of a sign in connection with a highway project, DOT must notify the municipality or county that adopted the ordinance to which the sign does not conform of the sign's proposed realignment. The municipality or county may then petition DOT to condemn the sign instead of realigning the sign, but must pay DOT for certain costs of condemnation if DOT succeeds in condemning the sign.

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This bill expands these provisions to relocation of a sign to a new location within the same municipality, not just on the same site. The bill also specifies that relocation of a sign means either the dismantling and moving of the sign or the removal of the sign and erection of a replacement sign constructed of new materials.

The bill also requires all of the following with respect to relocation of a sign caused by a DOT highway project: 1) that the size of the sign face, and the number of sign faces on the sign, after relocation must be the same as prior to relocation; 2) that the height of the sign, as measured from road-grade level, after relocation must be equal to or greater than prior to relocation; and 3) that the new location for the sign must meet all requirements for a sign permit.

Who's behind it

Frank G. Lasee, a Republican, is its ⁠.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Author (1)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 22, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Feb 20, 2012

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.

  4. Feb 20, 2012

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 20, 2012 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Bernier, Craig, Steineke, Thiesfeldt, Van Roy and Wynn

  2. Feb 20, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections

  3. Mar 22, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

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Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

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Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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