MCL - Act 106 of 1972


HIGHWAY ADVERTISING ACT OF 1972

Act 106 of 1972

AN ACT to provide for the licensing, regulation, control, and prohibition of outdoor advertising adjacent to certain roads and highways; to prescribe powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to promulgate rules; to provide remedies and prescribe penalties for violations; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.


History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 464, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999




The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Document Type Description
Section 252.301 Section Short title.
Section 252.302 Section Definitions.
Section 252.303 Section Purpose.
Section 252.304 Section Size, lighting, and spacing of signs and sign structures; regulation and control; exceptions.
Section 252.305 Section Signs subject to act.
Section 252.306 Section Permit; application; contents of form; change in highway designation or other reason; digital billboard permit; owner of nonstandard sign.
Section 252.307 Section Permit; fees; expiration; renewal; exception; effect of nonpayment; notice of permit cancellation; maximum amount of increased renewal fees for late payments; transfer fee.
Section 252.307a Section Issuance of annual permit for new sign on or after January 1, 2007; permit issued before January 1, 2007; interim permit; conditions; limitations; renewable permit; size limitation on service club signs or religious organization signs; sign advertising product, service, or retail business owned and operated by sign owner; transfer of permit; permit canceled due to nonpayment of renewal fees.
Section 252.307b Section Directional sign for publicly or privately owned activity or attraction; permit; limitations; display of message.
Section 252.308 Section Repealed. 1976, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1976.
Section 252.309 Section Permit; issuance or denial.
Section 252.310 Section Permit; exemption.
Section 252.311 Section Trimming or removing trees or shrubs within highway right-of-way; violation; penalty; hearing; removal of sign.
Section 252.311a Section Permit to manage vegetation.
Section 252.312 Section Placing permit number on sign; violation; penalty.
Section 252.313 Section Signs prohibited on adjacent areas; exceptions.
Section 252.314 Section Signs on land leased from state; conditions; terms; cancellation.
Section 252.315 Section Size requirements and limitations.
Section 252.316 Section Illuminated signs.
Section 252.317 Section Distances between signs; sign utilizing digital billboard; distance from interchange, intersection, or rest area.
Section 252.317a Section Nonconforming sign; maintenance and repair; compliance with federal statutes, rules, regulations, or agreements; nonstandard sign; "customary maintenance and repair" defined.
Section 252.317b Section Crossing limited right-of-way to erect or maintain sign; penalties.
Section 252.318 Section Prohibited signs or sign structures.
Section 252.318a Section Billboards; advertising purchase or consumption of tobacco products prohibited; advertising sexually oriented business prohibited; violation; civil fine.
Section 252.318b Section Voluntary agreement.
Section 252.318c Section Michigan billboard advisory council; creation; purpose; duration; recommendations as advisory; membership; appointment; terms; vacancy.
Section 252.319 Section Removal of signs or sign structures; procedure.
Section 252.320 Section Severability.
Section 252.321 Section Penalty; misrepresentation.
Section 252.322 Section Removal of signs or sign structures; compensation; condition.
Section 252.322a Section Rescission of rules.
Section 252.323 Section Rules; hearings; review.
Section 252.324 Section Repeal.
Section 252.325 Section Repealed. 2006, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007.