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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 56.14, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. a. (1) Yard signs shall not be placed on any of the 1 4 following property: 1 5 (a) Property which adjoins a city, county, or state 1 6 roadway, sooner than forty-five days preceding a primary or 1 7 general electionand. Yard signs on such property shall be 1 8 removed within seven days after the primary or general 1 9 election in which the name of the particular candidate or 1 10 ballot issue described on the yard sign appears on the ballot. 1 11 (b) School property, if the school is a polling place. 1 12 (2) Yard signs are subject to removal by highway 1 13 authorities as provided in section 319.13, or by county or 1 14 city law enforcement authorities in a manner consistent with 1 15 section 319.13. The placement or erection of yard signs shall 1 16 be exempt from the requirements of chapter 480. Notice may be 1 17 provided to the chairperson of the appropriate county central 1 18 committee if the highway authorities are unable to provide 1 19 notice to the candidate, candidate's committee, or political 1 20 committee regarding the yard sign. 1 21 b. This subsection does not prohibit the placement of yard 1 22 signs on agricultural land owned by individuals or by a family 1 23 farm operation as defined in section 9H.1, subsections 8, 8A, 1 24 9, and 10; does not prohibit the placement of yard signs on 1 25 property owned by private individuals who have rented or 1 26 leased the property to a corporation, if the prior written 1 27 permission of the property owner is obtained; and does not 1 28 prohibit the placement of yard signs on residential property 1 29 owned by a corporation but rented or leased to a private 1 30 individual if the prior permission of the renter or lessee is 1 31 obtained. For the purposes of this chapter, "agricultural 1 32 land" means agricultural land as defined in section 9H.1. 1 33 3. a. Published material shall not be placed or worn on 1 34 or taken to any school property by any person, if the school 1 35 is a polling place. 2 1 b. "Published material" means the same as defined in 2 2 subsection 1. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 This bill amends Code section 56.14, regarding placement of 2 5 published political material. The bill prohibits placement of 2 6 yard signs and other political material on school property, if 2 7 the school is a polling place. 2 8 Violation of Code section 56.14 is a serious misdemeanor, 2 9 pursuant to Code section 56.16. 2 10 LSB 1985HH 78 2 11 jj/cf/24
Text: HF00306 Text: HF00308 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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