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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY DRAKE, HEDGE, and KIBBIE 1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 7268HH BY WELTER) 1 4 A Senate Concurrent Resolution requesting the state 1 5 department of transportation to review federal 1 6 outdoor advertising bonus program restrictions on 1 7 signing and advertising adjacent to the interstate 1 8 highway system and to make recommendations to the 1 9 general assembly. 1 10 WHEREAS, Iowa has complied with the federal outdoor 1 11 advertising bonus program restrictions on signing and 1 12 advertising adjacent to the interstate highway system 1 13 set out in Title 23 of the United States Code for over 1 14 30 years; and 1 15 WHEREAS, the outdoor advertising bonus program 1 16 restrictions and the implementing regulations 1 17 unreasonably restrict advertising and billboards to 1 18 locations in commercial and industrial zones traversed 1 19 by segments of the interstate system within municipal 1 20 boundaries as they existed on September 21, 1959, 1 21 where the use of the property adjacent to the 1 22 interstate system is subject to municipal regulation 1 23 and control or where the property on September 21, 1 24 1959, was zoned for industrial or commercial purposes; 1 25 and 1 26 WHEREAS, the United States Department of 1 27 Transportation refuses to allow Iowa to update the 1 28 boundary restrictions from the September 21, 1959, 1 29 restrictions; and 1 30 WHEREAS, for almost 20 years the federal government 2 1 has failed in its obligation to provide outdoor 2 2 advertising bonus program payments to states for 2 3 advertising control under the federal law; NOW 2 4 THEREFORE, 2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 6 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the state department 2 7 of transportation is requested to review the federal 2 8 outdoor advertising bonus program restrictions on 2 9 signing and advertising adjacent to the interstate 2 10 highway system as set out in Title 23 of the United 2 11 States Code; and 2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the state department 2 13 of transportation should submit findings and 2 14 recommendations based on its review of the federal 2 15 outdoor advertising bonus program restrictions to the 2 16 general assembly by January 1, 2001. 2 17 LSB 7268SS 78 2 18 nh/as/5
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