WI AB502

Expands protections for nonconforming outdoor advertising signs affected by state or local transportation projects receiving DOT funding, allowing signs to be repositioned (raised, lowered, rotated, or moved to another location) within the political subdivision while maintaining their nonconforming status

Requires the agency undertaking a covered project to pay sign owners actual replacement costs for repositioning, determined using the moving cost agreement for outdoor advertising sign relocation

Prohibits use of the "unit rule" in sign condemnation cases, requiring condemnors to separately compensate for the sign value and lease, loss in value to the owner's other signs, and the property owner's loss of right to maintain the sign

Restricts appraisals used for jurisdictional offers to those where the appraised loss falls within 85-115% of the amount provided in the jurisdictional offer

Allows separate appeals to be filed by sign owners and property owners for compensation claims, with successful litigants entitled to recover litigation expenses under s. 32.28(3)