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Senate Study Bill 3058

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 306B.2, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  Advertising devices which that are located in
  1  4 commercial or industrial zones traversed by segments of the
  1  5 interstate system within the boundaries of incorporated
  1  6 municipalities as such boundaries existed September 21, 1959,
  1  7 where the use of property adjacent to the interstate system is
  1  8 subject to municipal regulation and control, or other areas
  1  9 where the land on September 21, 1959, was clearly established
  1 10 by law for industrial or commercial purposes areas zoned and
  1 11 used for commercial or industrial purposes under authority of
  1 12 law, regulation, or ordinance of this state or a political
  1 13 subdivision of this state.  For purposes of this subsection,
  1 14 "areas zoned and used for commercial or industrial purposes"
  1 15 means an area zoned for commercial or industrial purposes in
  1 16 accordance with chapter 414, in the case of city zoning, or in
  1 17 accordance with chapter 335, in the case of county zoning, in
  1 18 which one or more commercial or industrial activities, as
  1 19 defined under the city or county zoning ordinance, are
  1 20 located.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE – RULES.  Section 1 of this Act,
  1 22 amending Code section 306B.2, subsection 4, takes effect July
  1 23 1, 2004.  However, the state department of transportation
  1 24 shall adopt rules prior to July 1, 2004, to be effective July
  1 25 1, 2004, regarding approval by the department of the erection
  1 26 or maintenance of advertising devices along interstate
  1 27 highways pursuant to Code section 306B.2, subsection 4, as
  1 28 amended by this Act.  Such rules shall require that
  1 29 advertising devices erected or maintained pursuant to section
  1 30 306B.2, subsection 4, as amended by this Act, be in compliance
  1 31 with the provisions of the federal Highway Beautification Act
  1 32 of 1965, 23 U.S.C. } 131.  
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill amends Code section 306B.2, which prohibits the
  1 35 placing of advertising devices along interstate highways
  2  1 except in certain circumstances.  The bill exempts from the
  2  2 prohibition advertising devices that are located in areas
  2  3 zoned and used for commercial or industrial purposes.
  2  4 Currently, Code section 306B.2 provides such an exemption for
  2  5 advertising devices located in commercial or industrial zones
  2  6 crossed by segments of an interstate highway located within
  2  7 the boundaries of incorporated municipalities as such
  2  8 boundaries existed September 21, 1959, where the use of
  2  9 property adjacent to the interstate highway is subject to
  2 10 municipal regulation and control, or other areas where the
  2 11 land on September 21, 1959, was clearly established by law for
  2 12 industrial or commercial purposes.
  2 13    The bill defines an area zoned and used for commercial or
  2 14 industrial purposes as an area so zoned in accordance with the
  2 15 appropriate city or county zoning procedures, in which one or
  2 16 more commercial or industrial activities are located.
  2 17    The bill also provides for a delayed effective date of July
  2 18 1, 2004.  Prior to that time the state department of
  2 19 transportation is required to adopt rules regarding approval
  2 20 of the erection or maintenance of advertising devices governed
  2 21 by the bill.  Such rules are to be in compliance with the
  2 22 federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965.  
  2 23 LSB 5334DP 79
  2 24 nh/cf/24
     

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