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2008 Senate Bill 1370: Revise billboard moratorium details
Introduced by Sen. Jud Gilbert R- on June 11, 2008
To establish a $5,000 cap on the annual fines and fees assessed against any one billboard; clarify that certain billboards that met existing standards when a state moratorium went into effect in 2006 are “grandfathered”; and allow certain improvements in the sign structures of these. Also, to exempt service club and religious sign less than eight square feet in area from the moratorium, and reduce the distance between allowable signs.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on June 11, 2008
Substitute offered in the Senate on June 27, 2008
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 27, 2008
Amendment offered by Sen. Tupac Hunter D- on June 27, 2008
Withdrawn by Sen. Tupac Hunter D- on June 27, 2008
Amendment offered by Sen. Tupac Hunter D- on June 27, 2008
To prohibit signs that violate community standards of decency, and establish regulations for signs of sexually-oriented businesses.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 27, 2008
To establish a $5,000 cap on the annual fines and fees assessed against any one billboard; clarify that certain billboards that met existing standards when a state moratorium went into effect in 2006 are “grandfathered”; and allow certain improvements in the sign structures of these. Also, to exempt service club and religious sign less than eight square feet in area from the moratorium; and reduce the distance between allowable signs.
Received in the House on June 27, 2008
Referred to the House Transportation Committee on June 27, 2008

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