BILL NUMBER: SB 919	CHAPTERED  10/14/01

	CHAPTER  928
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 14, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Polanco

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 5405.6 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to outdoor advertising displays.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 919, Polanco.  Outdoor advertising displays: Metropolitan
Transportation Authority of Los Angeles County.
   Existing law, the Outdoor Advertising Act, generally regulates the
use of outdoor advertising displays.  Existing law provides for the
creation of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
with specified transportation planning and operating
responsibilities.
   This bill, notwithstanding any other provision of law, would
prohibit any outdoor advertising display that exceeds 10 feet in
either length or width, being built upon land or rights-of-way owned
by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority unless the
display complies with the Outdoor Advertising Act, the federal
Highway Beautification Act, and certain local provisions.  This bill
would also prohibit the authority from disregarding or preempting any
law, ordinance, or regulation of any city, county, or other local
agency involving any outdoor advertising display.
   Because a violation of the act is a crime, this bill would create
a state-mandated local program by expanding the scope of that crime.

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 5405.6 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   5405.6.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no outdoor
advertising display that exceeds 10 feet in either length or width,
shall be built on any land or right-of-way owned by the Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, including any of its
rights-of-way, unless the authority complies with any applicable
provisions of this chapter, the federal Highway Beautification Act of
1965 (23 U.S.C.A. Sec. 131), and any local regulatory agency's rules
or policies concerning outdoor advertising displays.  The authority
shall not disregard or preempt any law, ordinance, or regulation of
any city, county, or other local agency involving any outdoor
advertising display.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.