SB 1670 — Outdoor Advertising

Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 1670 By Senatorthe GainerCommittee 2-01189-21on 20211670__Transportation; A bill to be entitled An act relating to outdoor advertising;

and Senator Gainer 596-03594-21 20211670c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to outdoor advertising;

252.35, F.S.;

expanding the duties of the Division of Emergency Management to include the identification and maintenance of an inventory of available digital outdoor advertising structures capable of providing messaging to the public during declared states of emergency;

amending s.

requiring the Department of Transportation to includecreate detailsand forimplement eacha signpublicly permitaccessible issuedelectronic bydatabase thefor departmentsign inpermit ainformation; publicly accessible database;

deletingspecifying arequirements requirement for the departmentdatabase; to furnish a metal permit tag to an applicant for a sign permit;

conformingprohibiting the department from furnishing permanent metal permit tags or replacement tags and from enforcing specified provisions toonce changesthe madedepartment bycreates and implements the act;database;

specifying that permittees are not required to return permit tags to the department once the department creates and implements the database;

1615 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

1817 Section 1. Paragraph1. Subsection (z)(5) is added to subsection (2) of section 252.35,479.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

252.35 Emergency479.07 Sign managementpermits.— powers;(5)(a) For each permit issued, the department shall furnish to the applicant a serially numbered permanent metal permit tag.

Division of Emergency Management.— (2) The division is responsible for carrying out the provisions of ss.

252.31-252.90.

In performing its duties, the division shall:

(z) Identify and maintain an inventory of available digital outdoor advertising structures capable of providing messaging to the public during a declared state of emergency.

Section 2. Subsection (5) and paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section 479.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

479.07 Sign permits.— (5)(a) For each permit issued, the department shall include the permit details in a publicly accessible electronic database.

Those details must include, but are not limited to, the name and contact information of the permit operator, the structure identification number or numbers, the panel or face identification number or numbers, the latitude and longitude of the permitted sign, the compass bearing, images of the permitted sign once constructed, and the most recent date the department visually inspected the permitted sign furnish to the applicant a serially numbered permanent metal permit tag.

(8)(a) In(c)1. As ordersoon toas reducepracticable, peak workloads, the department mayshall providecreate forand staggeredimplement expirationa datespublicly foraccessible licenseselectronic anddatabase permits.to include all permits issued by the department.

UnlessAt otherwisea providedminimum, forthe bydatabase rule,must allinclude licensesthe name and permitscontact expireinformation annuallyof onthe Januarypermit 15.operator, the structure identification number or numbers, the panel or face identification number or numbers, the latitude and longitude of the permitted sign, the compass bearing, images of the permitted sign once constructed, and the most recent date the department visually inspected the permitted sign.

All2. Once license and permit renewal fees are required to be submitted to the department bycreates noand laterimplements than the expirationpublicly date.accessible electronic database:

Ata. The least 105 days before the expiration date of licenses and permits, the department shallmay sendnot tofurnish eachpermanent permitteemetal apermit noticetags ofor feesreplacement duetags for all licenses and permits that were issued to himpermittees; or her before the date of the notice.

Suchb. The noticedepartment mustmay listnot enforce the permitsprovisions andrelating theto permanent metal permit feestags dueor forreplacement eachtags signspecified facing.in paragraphs (a) and (b);

Theand permitteec. Permittees shall,are nonot laterrequired thanto 45return dayspermit beforetags theto expiration date, advise the department ofas anyprovided additions, deletions, or errors contained in thesubsection notice.(8).

PermitSection tags2. This thatact are not renewed shall betake returnedeffect toJuly the1, department2021. for cancellation by the expiration date.

Permits that are not renewed or are canceled shall be certified in writing at that time as canceled or not renewed by the permittee, and permit tags for such permits shall be returned to the department or shall be accounted for by the permittee in writing, which writing shall be submitted with the renewal fee payment or the cancellation certification.

However, failure of a permittee to submit a permit cancellation does not affect the nonrenewal of a permit.

Before cancellation of a permit, the permittee shall provide written notice to all persons or entities having a right to advertise on the sign that the permittee intends to cancel the permit.

Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.