The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB496,1 1Section 1. 84.30 (5r) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB496,2,32 84.30 (5r) (title) Signs nonconforming under local ordinances that are
3realigned because of affected by certain state highway projects.
SB496,2 4Section 2. 84.30 (5r) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 84.30 (5r) (a) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
SB496,2,76 84.30 (5r) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “ realignment" means relocation on the
7same
site.:
SB496,3 8Section 3. 84.30 (5r) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
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184.30 (5r) (a) 1. “Reposition” means to remove a sign and erect the sign or a
2replacement sign on the same parcel and not more than 25 feet in either direction,
3measured parallel to the roadway, and not more than 660 feet, measured
4perpendicular to the roadway, from the location from which the sign is removed.
SB496,4 5Section 4. 84.30 (5r) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB496,3,76 84.30 (5r) (a) 2. “State project” means a transportation project for which the
7department has allocated state or federal funds.
SB496,5 8Section 5. 84.30 (5r) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB496,3,109 84.30 (5r) (a) 3. “Transfer” means to remove a sign and erect the sign or a
10replacement sign within the same municipality.
SB496,6 11Section 6. 84.30 (5r) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB496,3,1412 84.30 (5r) (b) If a sign does not conform to a local ordinance and a state project
13causes the removal of the sign, the sign's nonconforming status under the ordinance
14is not affected if any of the following applies:
SB496,3,1515 1. The sign is repositioned.
SB496,3,1916 2. If the sign cannot be repositioned, the sign is transferred to a parcel on the
17same highway or, if the sign cannot be transferred to a parcel on the same highway,
18to another parcel to which the sign owner and the municipality agree the sign may
19be transferred.
SB496,7 20Section 7. 84.30 (5r) (be) of the statutes is created to read:
SB496,3,2321 84.30 (5r) (be) If a state project reduces the visibility of a sign that does not
22conform to a local ordinance, the sign's nonconforming status is not affected under
23the ordinance, if any of the following applies:
SB496,3,2424 1. The sign is repositioned.
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12. If the sign cannot be repositioned, the sign face is raised, lowered, or rotated
2so as to provide substantially the same view of the sign from the roadway from which
3motorists are intended to view the sign as existed before the state project.
SB496,4,54 3. If the sign cannot be repositioned and the sign face cannot be adjusted under
5subd. 2., the sign is transferred.
SB496,8 6Section 8. 84.30 (5r) (bs) of the statutes is created to read:
SB496,4,87 84.30 (5r) (bs) All of the following apply to a sign that is repositioned or
8transferred under this subsection:
SB496,4,109 1. The size of the sign face and the number of sign faces on the sign after
10transfer shall be the same as on the sign before repositioning or transfer.
SB496,4,1211 2. The height of the sign after repositioning or transfer may be different than
12the height of the sign before repositioning or transfer at the option of the sign owner.
SB496,9 13Section 9. 84.30 (5r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB496,5,314 84.30 (5r) (c) If in connection with a highway state project of the department
15the department proposes the realignment repositioning or transfer of a sign that
16does not conform to a local ordinance and the sign owner elects to reposition or
17transfer the sign
, the department shall notify the governing body of the municipality
18or county where the sign is located and which adopted the ordinance of the sign's
19proposed realignment repositioning or transfer. Upon receiving this notice, the
20governing body may petition the department to acquire the sign and any real
21property interest of the sign owner. If the department succeeds in condemning the
22sign, the governing body that made the petition to the department shall pay to the
23department an amount equal to the condemnation award, less relocation costs for the
24sign that would have been paid by the department if the sign had been realigned
25repositioned or transferred rather than condemned. Notwithstanding s. 86.30 (2) (a)

11. and (b) 1., 1g., and 1r., if the governing body fails to pay this amount, the
2department may reduce the municipality's or county's general transportation aid
3payment under s. 86.30 by an equal amount.
SB496,10 4Section 10. Initial applicability.
SB496,5,65 (1) This act first applies to signs in existence on the effective date of this
6subsection.
SB496,5,77 (End)
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