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Committee hears wide-ranging political sign amendments; holds action for more stakeholder review
Summary
Representative Tuscher presented a draft to clarify rules on defacing signs, sign placement on park strips, post-election removal windows, and confiscated-sign storage and reclamation procedures. Legislators raised concerns about penalties, fee caps and disclosure sizes; the committee postponed final action to allow additional stakeholder review.
Representative Tuscher presented a draft political-signs bill that would clarify multiple aspects of state sign law, including when objects affixed to a sign may be removed, limits on placing signs on public infrastructure, a post-election removal window, and a required process for municipalities to store and notify campaigns about confiscated signs.
The bill would explicitly allow removal of any object affixed to a political sign that hides or misrepresents the sign's message, and it would make…
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