MN HF862

Adds new definitions to outdoor advertising law including "abandoned and discontinued" (ceases displaying for one year), "conforming" (complies with chapter requirements), "nonconforming" (lawfully erected but non-compliant), and "off-premise" (advertises business not located on property).

Establishes permit requirement to access state right-of-way for maintaining advertising devices and requires businesses in unzoned commercial areas to exist for at least three months before permit issuance.

Prohibits changeable electronic variable message signs (CEVMS) from showing intermittent, animated, scrolling, or full-motion video, but permits CEVMS if messages change no more than once every six seconds with maximum brightness of 0.3 foot-candles and automatic dimming technology.

Requires advertising devices to be stationary, immobile, without wheels, and incapable of relocation without a permit; allows reasonable repair and maintenance but prohibits substantial changes to nonconforming devices.

Allows crop varietal and seed corn signs on interstate and primary highways if on demonstration plats, private property, and not referencing off-site sales locations; authorizes Department of Transportation to remove destroyed, abandoned, or discontinued devices with 30-day storage period before disposal.