2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 847

File Code: Transportation - Highways
Sponsored By:
Delegate La Vay
Entitled:
Highways - Violation of Outdoor Advertising Laws - Penalty

Synopsis:

Providing for a civil penalty for a violation of specified laws relating to outdoor advertising on highways; establishing a rebuttable presumption, for purposes of the civil penalty, that an outdoor sign erected in violation of specified laws relating to outdoor advertising on highways was erected by the person being advertised by the sign; and establishing that a person may not be subject to a civil penalty if the person has been prosecuted for a violation of specified laws relating to outdoor advertising on highways.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/9
First Reading Judiciary
2/13
Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/20
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADVERTISING
HIGHWAYS
PENALTIES
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Transportation
( 8-749 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered