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Senate committee backs bill widening relocation options for highway billboards
Summary
The Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee voted unanimously to pass out fourth substitute House Bill 198, which extends the allowable relocation radius for billboards affected by highway projects and requires municipal agreement for moves inside city limits.
The Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee on Monday voted unanimously to pass out fourth substitute House Bill 198, the “highway expansion impact on signage” amendment, after testimony from the bill sponsor, state transportation officials and members of the signage industry.
Representative Joel Peterson, the bill sponsor, told the committee the legislation gives two primary choices to property owners and sign companies when highway work affects a sign: the state can either buy the sign or allow the sign to be relocated. "You got really 2 options here. You can either buy the sign or you can relocate the sign," he said, summarizing the measure.
Why it matters: The bill increases the relocation radius from a half-mile to one mile along freeways and requires that, if a sign must be moved within a municipality, the new…
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