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Subcommittee tables bill to raise fines for illegally placed signs on VDOT property
Summary
The House Subcommittee on Highway Safety and Policy on Thursday voted 5-1 to table House Bill 2141, which sought to raise fines for illegally placed signs on VDOT property.
The House Subcommittee on Highway Safety and Policy on Thursday voted 5-1 to table House Bill 2141, which sought to increase the civil penalty for illegally placed signs on Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) property.
The bill’s patron, Delegate Milby, told the subcommittee the proposal was intended to reduce the net cost to localities that remove illegally placed signs. “This will be the easiest bill you've seen all day,” Delegate Milby said, explaining the measure would set a $250 fine for the first sign and $100 for subsequent signs placed in the vicinity of one another.
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