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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2351 Introduced 2/14/2023, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 225 ILCS 440/3.08 | from Ch. 121, par. 503.08 |
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Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that for the purposes of the definition of "erect", attaching a vinyl substrate medium to a sign structure or wall surface, which may contain advertising or other information, shall constitute normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall accord lawful status to any sign structure or wall surface that attaches a vinyl substrate medium to a sign structure or wall surface and allow for its continued usage. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to any signs or sign structures existing prior to, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2351 | | LRB103 27380 AMQ 53752 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 3.08 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 440/3.08) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.08)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.08.
"Erect" means to construct, build, raise, |
| 8 | | assemble, place, affix,
attach, create, paint, draw or in any |
| 9 | | other way bring into being or
establish; but does not include |
| 10 | | any of the foregoing activities when
performed as an incident |
| 11 | | to the change of advertising message or normal
maintenance or |
| 12 | | repair of a sign or sign structure. For the purposes of this |
| 13 | | definition, the following shall not constitute normal |
| 14 | | maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure: replacing |
| 15 | | more than 60% of the uprights, in whole or in part, of a wooden |
| 16 | | sign structure; replacing more than 30% of the length above |
| 17 | | ground of each broken, bent, or twisted support of a metal sign |
| 18 | | structure; raising the height above ground of a sign or sign |
| 19 | | structure; making a sign bigger; adding lighting; or similar |
| 20 | | activities that substantially change a sign or make a sign |
| 21 | | more valuable. For purposes of this definition, attaching a |
| 22 | | vinyl substrate medium to a sign structure or wall surface, |
| 23 | | which may contain advertising or other information, shall |