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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
October 8, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Gronemus, Hahn and
Johnsrud. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB533,1,2
1An Act to repeal 84.30 (10m) of the statutes;
relating to: fees for outdoor
2advertising signs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may erect or maintain an outdoor advertising sign
visible from the main-traveled way of an interstate or federal-aid highway unless
he or she possesses a license issued by the department of transportation (DOT), the
sign complies with applicable regulations, and, if DOT has promulgated a rule
requiring payment of an annual permit fee for the sign, the person has paid the
annual permit fee. Also under current law, if DOT establishes by rule an annual
permit fee, failure to pay the fee within two months after payment is due is evidence
that the sign has been abandoned.
This bill repeals DOT's authority to promulgate a rule establishing annual
permit fees for outdoor advertising signs, as well as DOT's authority to consider non
payment of a fee as evidence of a sign's abandonment.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB533, s. 1
3Section
1. 84.30 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB533,2,32
(1) This act first applies to permit applications and permit renewal applications
3submitted on the effective date of this subsection.
AB533,2,65
(1)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after
6publication.
