SB 164 - State Highway System; signs and signals; height limitations; allow owners to obtain permits to remove vegetation from the viewing zones
Current Status
04/03/09 - House Withdrawn, RecommittedFirst Reader Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of signs and signals on the state highway system, so as to provide for certain height limitations on such signs; to allow owners of legally erected and maintained signs to obtain permits to remove vegetation from the viewing zones of their signs if certain specified conditions are met; to provide for procedures, fees, and penalties related to the foregoing; to provide for stages of implementation by department districts; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Votes
Electronically Recorded Votes| Date | Time | Vote No | Yeas | Nays | NV | Exc | Description |
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| 02/26/2009 | 1:14PM | Senate Vote #94 | 041 | 007 | 002 | 006 | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE |
| 04/01/2009 | 4:39PM | House Vote #409 | 074 | 089 | 010 | 007 | PASS |
| 04/01/2009 | 4:41PM | House Vote #410 | 085 | 079 | 010 | 006 | RECON |
Status History
Bill History| Date | Action |
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| 02/17/2009 | Senate Read and Referred |
| 02/18/2009 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| 02/19/2009 | Senate Read Second Time |
| 02/26/2009 | Senate Third Read |
| 02/26/2009 | Senate Passed/Adopted |
| 03/03/2009 | House First Readers |
| 03/04/2009 | House Second Readers |
| 03/30/2009 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 04/01/2009 | House Third Readers |
| 04/01/2009 | House Third Reading Lost |
| 04/01/2009 | House Reconsidered |
| 04/01/2009 | House Postponed |
| 04/03/2009 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
