Signs; provides local government authority to regulate. (HB553)

Introduced By

Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville)

Progress

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 Introduced
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 Passed Committee
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 Passed House
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 Passed Senate
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 Signed by Governor
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 Became Law

Description

Regulation of signage in highway rights of way.  Permits local governing bodies to adopt ordinances to control and enforce signage regulation in public highway rights of way. The locality may treat a violation of its sign control ordinance as a zoning violation and impose a penalty that it may then retain. The term excavate is amended so installing a sign by pushing metal, plastic, or wooden poles is not deemed excavation. Amends § 15.2-2286, § 33.1-373, § 33.1-375.1, § 56-265.15, § 56-265.15:1, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

  • 01/12/2010 Committee
  • 01/12/2010 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103503D
  • 01/12/2010 Referred to Committee on Transportation
  • 01/15/2010 Assigned Transportation sub: #1
  • 02/08/2010 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 0-N)
  • 02/09/2010 Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/09/2010 Committee substitute printed 10104852D-H1
  • 02/11/2010 Read first time
  • 02/12/2010 Read second time
  • 02/12/2010 Committee substitute agreed to 10104852D-H1
  • 02/12/2010 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB553H1
  • 02/15/2010 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N)
  • 02/15/2010 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (94-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/16/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/16/2010 Referred to Committee on Transportation
  • 02/25/2010 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 03/01/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 03/02/2010 Read third time
  • 03/02/2010 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 03/09/2010 Enrolled
  • 03/09/2010 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB553ER)
  • 03/09/2010 Signed by Speaker
  • 03/11/2010 Signed by President
  • 04/13/2010 Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 04/20/2010 Placed on Calendar
  • 04/21/2010 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (82-Y 13-N)
  • 04/21/2010 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (82-Y 13-N) (see vote tally)
  • 04/21/2010 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 04/21/2010 G Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 04/21/2010 Reenrolled
  • 04/21/2010 Reenrolled bill text (HB553ER2)
  • 04/21/2010 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 04/21/2010 Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 04/21/2010 Enacted, Chapter 832 (effective 7/1/10)
  • 04/21/2010 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832)

Comments

Cindy Brookshire writes:

First, check with Miss Utility and you will find out that real estate companies have caused gas line problems at least 49 times when they've excavated for their signs, so that word should stay in.

Second, holding volunteers personally liable is a travesty. Roadside signage is a particularly heinous type of litter because it impairs the safety of motorists, pollutes the scenery and the wire frames endanger those trying to mow. If the signs are posted on utility poles they endanger utility workers.

To compound this litter by penalizing volunteers who help reduce it sounds like you’re trying to protect the companies who pay for this advertising litter and their paid subcontractors that put the litter there in the first place. It also sounds like politicians just want to put their signs where they want to, and are rolling over everyone else.

Please don’t penalize or criminalize volunteers who are working daily to keep their communities clean. If anything, give us legislation that makes our volunteer load easier and protects us.

With the use of technology – e-mail, radio, Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist, Google groups, automated phone calls, GPS – to get the word out, there is no reason for roadside advertising signs.

Posted 40 months ago.