02/23/1993 05:00 PM House TRA

  HB 26:  PROHIBITED HIGHWAY ADVERTISING                                       
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN FOSTER brought up HB 26 for discussion.                             
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE VEZEY said  he was concerned with  Section 8,                 
  which provides penalties.  The violation of these provisions                 
  provides that the fines provide for  fines up to $500 or one                 
  year in  jail.   He felt  the penalty  provisions should  be                 
  revised.                                                                     
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE VEZEY suggested the penalty for violation  be                 
  a fine  of not less than $100 and  not more than $5000, plus                 
  the elimination of the jail time.                                            
                                                                               
  After discussion, the violation agreed upon by the committee                 
  was a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $2500 and                 
  the elimination of the jail time.                                            
                                                                               
  After  further discussion  of potential  amendments, it  was                 
  decided that  the committee would prepare a letter of intent                 
  to  the  next committees  of referral  so  that when  it got                 
  before  the  Judiciary  Committee  they  could look  at  the                 
  penalty  sections  with  the  final  agreed  upon  fine  and                 
  suggestion to eliminate the jail time.                                       
                                                                               
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  REPRESENTATIVE VEZEY asked  further questions regarding  the                 
  right-of-way provisions.                                                     
                                                                               
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  REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON  asked Representative Menard  if there                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  was any fiscal impact created by this legislation.                           
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE  MENARD  referred  to the  zero  fiscal  note                 
  included within the members' packets.                                        
                                                                               
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  REPRESENTATIVE  HUDSON  moved  HB  26  from  committee  with                 
  individual recommendations, and  with a House Transportation                 
  letter of intent.                                                            
                                                                               
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  CHAIR FOSTER  requested that  committee staff  take care  of                 
  adding his name as a co-sponsor on HB 26.