SB 144 which would limit the ability of municipalities to incentivize landowners to terminate billboard leases or refuse to renew billboard leases failed by in a senate vote on Monday. Here’s the bill’s language. The bill’s sponsor Senator David Hinkins introduced the legislation to prevent attempts by municipalities from paying […]
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Digital Billboard Bill Passes Utah Senate Committee
SB 61 was approved by the Utah Senate Business and Labor committee by a 6-2 vote. The bill would do the following: Prohibit Utah municipalities or counties from from restricting digital billboards. Prohibit Utah municipalities from requiring a billboard company to take down a billboard for every digital billboard conversion. […]
Light Blocking Technology Stopped a War, a Billboard War That Is
CBS KUTV Report — SITELINE™ Solution for Bright Billboards Last year Woodbury Corporation, a real estate development firm in Utah, contracted with Compass Outdoor to erect, own and operate a digital billboard to promote Woodbury commercial properties. It immediately stirred controversy. According to CBS affiliate KUTV, the brightness of the […]
Who speaks on billboards? It’s a long list.
The billboard-tax lawsuit in Cincinnati shines a spotlight on “billboard speech.” Insider collected samples from around the country, highlighting the diversity of speakers expressing viewpoints and ideas. On November 9, the judge in the Cincinnati billboard-tax case made the court’s injunction against the targeted tax permanent. A targeted tax on […]
Utah Looking At New Billboard Bill
The Utah House Transportation Committee reviewed a new billboard bill, HB361 last week in a hearing, where opposition from the Utah League of Cities and Towns became public. The House Majority Whip Francis Gibson, sponsor of the bill, says the measure seeks to better define a method of putting a value to signs […]