February 28, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Casperson, Farhat, Elsenheimer, Palsrok, Proos, Pavlov, Emmons, Kooiman, Gosselin and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1972 PA 106, entitled
"Highway advertising act of 1972,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 252.307), as amended by 1998 PA 533.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
7. (1) A Except
as otherwise provided in this section,
a permit fee is payable annually in advance, to be credited to the
state trunk line fund. The fee is $100.00 for the first year except
that signs in existence prior to a highway's change in designation
or jurisdiction which would require signs to be permitted shall
only be required to pay the permit renewal amount as provided in
subsection (2). The department shall establish an annual expiration
date for each permit and may change the expiration date of existing
permits to spread the permit renewal activity over the year. Permit
fees may be prorated the first year. An application for the renewal
of a permit shall be filed with the department at least 30 days
before the expiration date.
(2) For signs greater than 8 square feet and up to and
including 300 square feet, the annual permit renewal fee is $25.00.
For signs greater than 300 square feet, the annual permit renewal
fee is $40.00. Signs of the service club and religious category as
defined in rules promulgated by the department are not subject to
an initial permit fee or an annual renewal fee.