December 11, 2003, Introduced by Senators SCHAUER, GEORGE, BRATER, SWITALSKI and TOY and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1972 PA 106, entitled
"Highway advertising act of 1972,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 252.307), as amended by 1998 PA 533.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 7. (1) A Except
as provided in subsection (3), a
2 permit fee is payable annually in advance, to be credited to the
3 state trunk line fund. The fee is $100.00 for the first year
4 except that signs in existence prior to a highway's change in
5 designation or jurisdiction which would require signs to be
6 permitted shall only be required to pay the permit renewal amount
7 as provided in subsection (2). The department shall establish an
8 annual expiration date for each permit and may change the
9 expiration date of existing permits to spread the permit renewal
10 activity over the year. Permit fees may be prorated the first
11 year. An application for the renewal of a permit shall be filed
1 with the department at least 30 days before the expiration date.
2 Beginning October 1, 2004, a party that has received 1 permit
3 renewal and has not erected a billboard during the permit term or
4 the renewal term shall not be granted an additional renewal term.
5 (2) For signs greater than 8 square feet and up to and
6 including 300 square feet, the annual permit renewal fee is
7 $25.00 through September 30, 2004 and $50.00 beginning October 1,
8 2004. For signs greater than 300 square feet, the annual permit
9 renewal fee is $40.00 through September 30, 2004 and $100.00
10 beginning October 1, 2004. Signs of the service club and
11 religious category as defined in rules promulgated by the
12 department are not subject to an annual renewal fee.
13 (3) Beginning October 1, 2004, permit renewal fees collected
14 in excess of the rates charged on September 30, 2004, calculated
15 on a per permit basis, shall be determined and credited to the
16 billboard cleanup fund that is created in this subsection. Funds
17 in the billboard cleanup fund shall be expended to remove
18 billboards that were erected in violation of this act or
19 applicable regulations. The fund shall be administered by the
20 department. Cities, villages, townships, and charter townships
21 may apply to the department on a form prescribed by the
22 department for reimbursement of expenses incurred while removing
23 billboards under their jurisdiction pursuant to this subsection.