00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 42                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to outdoor advertising."                                                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 19.25.105(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (a)  Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within 660 feet of                                            
05 the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of an                                   
06 [THE] interstate, primary, or secondary highway [HIGHWAYS] in the [THIS] state,                             
07       except the following:                                                                                             
08                 (1)  directional and other official signs and notices, including [WHICH                             
09       INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,] signs and notices pertaining to natural                                         
10       wonders and [,] scenic and historic attractions, that [WHICH] are required or                             
11       authorized by law [,] and [WHICH SHALL] conform to federal standards for                                          
12       interstate and primary systems;                                                                                   
13 (2)  signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property                                             
14 on [UPON] which they are located or advertising activities conducted on the property                                
15 or on contiguous property if both parcels of property are owned or leased by the                                    

01       same person; a person may not charge a fee to advertise on property under this                                
02       paragraph;                                                                                                    
03 (3)  signs determined by the state, subject to concurrence of the United                                                
04 States Department of Transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm                                      
05 structures or natural surfaces of historic or artistic significance, the preservation of                                
06       which would be consistent with the provisions of this chapter;                                                    
07                 (4)  directional signs and notices pertaining to schools;                                               
08                 (5)  advertising on bus benches or bus shelters, and adjacent trash                                     
09       receptacles, if the state determines that the advertising conforms to local, state, and                           
10       federal standards for interstate and primary highways.