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90_SB0655

      New Act
      10 ILCS 5/29-14.1 new
          Creates the Campaign Sign Regulation Act.   Provide  that
      campaign  signs  shall be no larger than 2 feet by 3 feet and
      that all signs shall be made of  a  biodegradeable  material.
      Provides  that  the number of signs on private property shall
      be limited to one sign for each  candidate  for  each  public
      office.  Prohibits posting signs closer than 20 feet from the
      property  line  or street.  Prohibits the posting of signs on
      public property.  Provides for the removal of  signs  by  the
      corporate  authorities  or  county  board.   Provides  that a
      violation is a petty offense with a fine of $2  per  day  per
      sign posted in violation of the Act.  Provides that the fines
      collected  shall  be  deposited  into the Common School Fund.
      Pre-empts home rule.  Amends the Election  Code  to  make  it
      unlawful  to post a campaign sign on private property without
      the consent of the owner.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT concerning campaign signs.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section   1.  This  Act may be cited as the Campaign Sign
 5    Regulation Act.
 6        Section  5.  Definitions.  For purposes of this Act;
 7        "Campaign sign" means a sign  supporting  or  opposing  a
 8    candidate  for  public  office  or  supporting  or opposing a
 9    question of public policy.
10        "Political committee" has the meaning ascribed to  it  in
11    section 9-1.9 of the Election Code.
12        Section  10.  Size  and  material of campaign signs.  All
13    campaign signs shall be no larger than 2 feet by 3 feet (or 6
14    square feet).  All signs shall be made  of  a  biodegradeable
15    material.
16        Section  15.  Signs;  private  property.  Signs placed on
17    private property shall be limited to one sign for a candidate
18    for each office.  Signs shall not be posted  closer  than  20
19    feet from the property line or street.
20        Section 20.  Signs; public property; removal.
21        Campaign  signs may not be posted on public ways, utility
22    rights-of-way, easements, or any public property.  If a  sign
23    is  posted  in  these areas, the corporate authorities of the
24    municipality where the sign is posted  or,  if  the  sign  is
25    located  in  an  unincorporated area, the county board of the
26    county where the sign is posted, shall order the  removal  of
27    the campaign sign.
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 1        Section   25.  Person   responsible   for   signs.   Each
 2    candidate or political committee must file with the corporate
 3    authorities or county board a designated  person  responsible
 4    for  the  placement  and  removal of signs and the address of
 5    that person.
 6        Section 30.  Violation.  A person who violates  this  Act
 7    commits  a  petty  offense  and shall be fined $2 per day for
 8    each political sign that is not removed.
 9        Section 35.  Fines.  The fines collected under  this  Act
10    shall  be deposited into the Common School Fund.  The circuit
11    clerk shall transmit these fines to the State  Treasurer  who
12    shall deposit them into the Common School Fund.
13        Section 40.  Local ordinance.  This Act does not create a
14    cause of action within a unit of local government that adopts
15    a  more  restrictive  ordinance  regulating  the  posting and
16    removal of campaign signs.
17        Section  45.  Home  rule.   A  home  rule  unit  may  not
18    regulate the posting of campaign signs in a  manner  that  is
19    less  restrictive  than the requirements imposed by this Act.
20    Home rule units may impose more restrictive requirements than
21    the requirements imposed by this  Act.   This  Section  is  a
22    limitation  under  subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII
23    of the Illinois Constitution on the  concurrent  exercise  by
24    home  rule  units  of  powers and functions specified in this
25    Act.
26        Section 100.  The Election  Code  is  amended  by  adding
27    Section 29-14.1 as follows:
28        (10 ILCS 5/29-14.1 new)
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 1        Sec. 29-14.1.  Campaign signs.
 2        (a)  It  is unlawful for a person to post a campaign sign
 3    on private property without the consent of the owner  of  the
 4    private property.
 5        (b)  It  is unlawful for a person to post a campaign sign
 6    on public property.
 7        (c)  Sentence.  A violation of this Section  is  a  petty
 8    offense  for which the offender shall be fined $2 per day for
 9    each campaign sign posted in violation of this Section.
10        (d)  Fines  collected  under  this   Section   shall   be
11    deposited  into  the  Common  School  Fund in accordance with
12    Section 35 of the Campaign Sign Regulation Act.
13        (e)  For purposes of this Section,  "campaign  sign"  has
14    the same meaning as in the Campaign Sign Regulation Act.
15        Section 999.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
16    becoming law.

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