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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 10, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S1583
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S1583 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1583 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1583 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring sign properties, in cities having a population of one million or more, to be licensed by the department of transportation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill is intended to license outdoor advertising and streamline off-premise sign registration together with the State Department of Transportation's existing program. The proposal is expected to generate approximately $15 million in revenue for the State. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The bill adds a new section 23 to the transportation law to read as follows: Section 1 defines the terms "city", "maintain" and "sign property" as used in this bill. Section 2 states that no outdoor advertising company shall maintain a sign property in a city unless the department has issued an outdoor advertising permit to the company for each such property maintained.
2017-S1583 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1583 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring sign properties, in cities having a population of one million or more, to be licensed by the department of transportation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 23 to read as follows: § 23. SIGN PROPERTY LICENSING; CERTAIN CITIES. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN: (A) "CITY" MEANS A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. (B) "MAINTAIN" MEANS THE MAINTENANCE OF A SIGN PROPERTY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL OF ON-PREMISES AND OFF-PREMISES ADVERTISING COPY ON A SIGN PROPERTY. (C) "SIGN PROPERTY" MEANS AND INCLUDES BILLBOARDS, BULLETINS, WALLS- CAPES, OR ANY OTHER LARGE FORMAT STATIC OR DIGITAL SIGN. 2. NO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING COMPANY SHALL MAINTAIN A SIGN PROPERTY IN A CITY UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED AN OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PERMIT TO THE COMPANY FOR EACH SUCH PROPERTY MAINTAINED. FURTHERMORE, THE MAINTE- NANCE OF A SIGN PROPERTY IN A CITY SHALL ONLY BE AUTHORIZED DURING THE TERM OF THE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PERMIT ISSUED THEREFOR. CITY RESOL- UTIONS, LOCAL LAWS, AND ORDINANCES, INCLUDING ZONING LAWS AND REGU- LATIONS, RELATIVE TO THE LOCATION, SITING, OR USE OF A SIGN PROPERTY ARE HEREBY PREEMPTED, AND A SIGN PROPERTY MAY BE INSTALLED AND/OR MAINTAINED UPON RECEIPT OF A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TERMS OF THIS PROVISION, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO PREVENT ENFORCEMENT BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS OF ITS LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND ANY OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO WORK REQUIRED FOR THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, OR REMOVAL OF SIGN STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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