BILL NUMBER: SB 684	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 5273 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to advertising displays, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 684, as introduced, Hill. Advertising displays: redevelopment
agency project areas.
   Existing law, the Outdoor Advertising Act, provides for the
regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising
displays, as defined, within view of public highways. The act
regulates the placement of off-premises advertising displays along
highways that generally advertise business conducted or services
rendered or goods produced or sold at a location other than the
property upon which the display is located. Under the act,
advertising displays advertising businesses and activities within the
boundary limits of, and as a part of, an individual redevelopment
agency project may, with the consent of the redevelopment agency
governing the project, be considered to be on premises, as specified.
A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
   The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of
redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of
blight, as defined. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and
community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides
for the designation of successor agencies.
   This bill would provide that an advertising display advertising
businesses and activities within the boundary limits of, and as a
part of, an individual redevelopment agency project, as the project
boundaries existed on January 1, 2012, may continue to exist and be
considered an on-premises display, for a period not to exceed 10
years, if the display is located within the original boundary limits
of the project and if the display was constructed, is under
construction, or is approved for construction by the designated
successor agency on or before January 1, 2013. This bill would
provide that the 10-year period for an existing display shall
commence on January 1, 2013. By subjecting new conditions on a
redevelopment project advertising display to remain lawfully erected,
a violation of which would constitute a misdemeanor, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   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.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5273 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   5273.   For the purpose   (a)  
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or the
dissolution of a state redevelopment agency, and subject to the
provisions of subdivision (b), for purposes of this chapter,
 an  advertising  displays    
display  advertising those businesses and activities developed
within the boundary limits of, and as a part of, an individual
redevelopment agency  project may, with the consent of the
redevelopment agency governing the project,   project,
as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2012, may continue to exist
and  be considered  to be on the premises anywhere
within the limits of that project when all of the land is contiguous
or is separated only by a public highway or public facilities
developed or relocated for inclusion within the project as a part of
the original redevelopment plan for   an on-premises
display if the advertising display is located within the original
boundary limits of the project and if the advertising display was
constructed, is under construction, or is approved for construction
by the designated successor agency of the project on or before
January 1, 2013. 
    (b)     An advertising display described in
subdivision (a) may continue to exist for  a period not to
exceed 10 years or the completion of the project, whichever
first occurs  , after which Sections 5272  , 5274, 
and 5405 apply, unless an  arrangement  
extension  has been  made for extension of the period
between the redevelopment agency and the department for good cause
  approved by the designated successor agency  .
The 10-year period for  an  existing  displays
  display shall commence on January 1, 
1986   2013  .
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B 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 XIII B of the California
Constitution.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   As of February 1, 2012, redevelopment agencies have been dissolved
and designated successor agencies have been vested with all
authority, rights, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested
in the former redevelopment agencies, including projects addressing
blight in communities. In order that advertising displays can
continue to exist within the redevelopment agency projects, and help
to fight blight in an affected community, it is necessary that this
act take effect immediately.