Kentucky Senate Bill 133 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-17 - WITHDRAWN

Amend KRS 177.830 to define "advertising device viewing zone," "cabinet," "view permit," "repair permit," "trim or prune," "routine maintenance," "destroyed," and "routine change of message"; amend KRS 177.863 to make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow the owner of legally erected advertising device to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for a vegetation control permit; set forth components of permit application; set forth a $200 nonrefundable application fee; establish standards for approval of a vegetation control permit; establish the procedures for applicants who were denied a permit or issued a restricted permit to submit an amended application for a vegetation control permit; allow applicant that was issued a restricted permit or denied a permit based on an amended application to petition the Franklin County Circuit Court to determine whether denial or restrictions were appropriate; require a billboard owner with a valid application in force to secure a view permit each time prior to trimming or pruning vegetation; set fee for each view permit at $150; require $2,500 performance bond prior to issuance of a view permit; make view permits valid until work is completed or 180 days, whichever is shorter; require the cabinet to monitor work done on a view permit; require trimming and pruning done under a view permit to be supervised by a certified arborist; establish procedures for repair permits on nonconforming advertising devices similar to the procedure for view permits; amend KRS 177.860 to require the cabinet to establish standards and routine maintenance and routine change of messages on advertising devices; create new sections of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to establish a penalty of $100 per day for each day an illegal advertising device is in violation of the new requirements; waive fine if corrected within 30 days; clarify that nothing in KRS 177.830 to 177.890 may be construed as to permit activity which is in conflict with the Federal Highway Beautification Act or any agreement entered into between the Federal Highway Administration and the Commonwealth.

AN ACT relating to advertising devices.

Sen. Ernie Harris [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-17		WITHDRAWN
2010-03-17		WITHDRAWN
2010-03-17		WITHDRAWN
2010-03-17		WITHDRAWN
2010-02-17		recommitted to Transportation (S)
2010-02-17		taken from the Regular Orders of the Day
2010-02-17		passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2010-02-16		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 17, 2010
2010-02-11		floor amendment (1) filed
2010-02-11		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-02-10		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2010-02-08		to Transportation (S)
2010-02-04		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB133.htm