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House approves measure setting procedures for relocating billboards during highway reconstruction
Summary
The House passed House Bill 426 on Feb. 27, 1996, directing procedures for moving outdoor advertising affected by major state highway reconstruction. Debate focused on compensation, local control and whether the law should cover all state highways or only interstates; final vote announced 50–17.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Feb. 27 approved House Bill 426, a measure that sets state procedures for relocating outdoor advertising signs taken down during major highway reconstruction projects. The bill passed after floor amendments and recorded division votes, with the clerk announcing 50 yes and 17 no.
Sponsor Representative Stephen Bodley said the bill was conceived to address an immediate problem along the I‑15 reconstruction corridor: when state highway work removes nonconforming signs, who pays to relocate them and how…
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