CS/CS/HB 1161 Summary

• Creates section 339.041 to authorize the Department of Transportation to factor future revenues from wireless communication facility leases on department property to fund fixed capital expenditures for the statewide transportation system.

• Establishes new section 479.024 defining "commercial and industrial parcels" and "unzoned commercial or industrial areas" with specific zoning criteria that local governments must use to determine where signs can be permitted.

• Amends outdoor advertising sign regulations in chapter 479 to revise permitting requirements, spacing rules, definitions, and procedures for sign placement, maintenance, removal, and compensation.

• Expands the logo sign program to the limited access interstate highway system and restricts tourist-oriented directional signs to rural roads and intersections, prohibiting them in urban areas or at freeway/expressway interchanges.

• Establishes a pilot program for the School District of Palm Beach County to recognize business partners through signage on school district property, expiring June 30, 2015, and authorizes concession agreements for commercial sponsorship displays on multiuse trails.