Bill Text: MI HB4162 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Highways; signs; sign structures; exempt signs less than 40 square feet. Amends sec. 5 of 1972 PA 106 (MCL 252.305).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-12 - Referred To Second Reading [HB4162 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4162-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4162
February 1, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Kurtz and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1972 PA 106, entitled
"Highway advertising act of 1972,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 252.305), as amended by 1998 PA 533.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5. (1) A person shall not engage or continue to engage in
outdoor advertising through the erection, use or maintenance of any
signs in an adjacent area where the facing of the sign is visible
from an interstate highway, freeway, or primary highway, except as
provided in this act. A sign having a facing visible from more than
1 state highway or other public road shall comply with the
requirements for outdoor advertising for each state highway and
each public road from which it is visible.
(2) This act does not apply to signs or sign structures
smaller than 40 square feet.