SB-0567, As Passed Senate, January 31, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 567

     A bill to amend 1972 PA 106, entitled

"Highway advertising act of 1972,"

(MCL 252.301 to 252.325) by adding section 7a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 7a. From the effective date of the amendatory act that

added this section until December 31, 2008, the department shall

not issue a permit for a sign unless the applicant surrenders a

previously issued permit. A permit issued pursuant to this section

shall comply with this act. Except for any sign removed in

accordance with section 19, if a sign for which a permit has been

issued is removed for any reason, the permit holder may notify the

department of the sign's removal and exchange the permit for the

removed sign for an interim permit with no designated sign

location. If a sign has been removed from an area that is

nonconforming under applicable zoning designations, any sign issued

under an interim permit shall not be in a nonconforming area under

applicable zoning designations. An interim permit shall be

surrendered with an application for a permit for a sign.

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

unless Senate Bill No. 568                                    

            of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.