Public Act 0919 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5946 Enrolled LRB096 18016 ASK 33388 b

Public Act 096-0919

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is amended by changing Sections 3.06 and 3.08 as follows:

(225 ILCS 440/3.06) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.06)

Sec. 3.06. "Maintain" means to allow to exist and includes the periodic changing of advertising messages as well as the normal maintenance or repair of signs and sign structures.

(Source: P.A. 77-1815.)

(225 ILCS 440/3.08) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.08)

Sec. 3.08. "Erect" means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw or in any other way bring into being or establish; but does not include any of the foregoing activities when performed as an incident to the change of advertising message or normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure. For the purposes of this definition, the following shall not constitute normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure: replacing more than 60% of the uprights, in whole or in part, of a wooden sign structure; replacing more than 30% of the length above ground of each broken, bent, or twisted support of a metal sign structure; raising the height above ground of a sign or sign structure; making a sign bigger; adding lighting; or similar activities that substantially change a sign or make a sign more valuable.

(Source: P.A. 77-1815.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.