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11  Senators Grant, Bronson, Silver, Sullivan, Kirkpatrick,

12  Mitchell, Sebesta, Dawson, Holzendorf and Diaz de la Portilla

13  moved the following amendment:

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15         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

16         On page 49, following line 31,

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19         Section 33.  Subsection (2) of section 479.15, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended, present subsections (3) through (6) of

21  that section are renumbered subsections (5) through (8),

22  respectively, new subsections (3) and (4) are added to that

23  section, and present subsection (6) is amended, to read:

24         479.15  Harmony of regulations.--

25         (2)  A municipality, county, local zoning authority, or

26  other local governmental entity may not remove, or cause to be

27  removed, any lawfully erected sign along any portion of the

28  interstate or federal-aid primary highway system, or any other

29  highway or road, without first paying just compensation for

30  such removal. A local governmental entity may not cause in any

31  way the alteration of any lawfully erected sign located along

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 1  any portion of the interstate or federal-aid primary highway

 2  system, or any other highway or road, without payment of just

 3  compensation if such alteration constitutes a taking under

 4  state law. The municipality, county, local zoning authority,

 5  or other local government entity promulgating requirements for

 6  such alteration must be responsible for payment of just

 7  compensation to the sign owner if such alteration constitutes

 8  a taking under state law. This subsection applies only to a

 9  lawfully erected sign the subject matter of which relates to

10  premises other than the premises on which it is located or to

11  merchandise, services, activities, or entertainment not sold,

12  produced, manufactured, or furnished on the premises on which

13  the sign is located. For purposes of this subsection, the term

14  "federal-aid primary highway system" means the federal-aid

15  primary system" means the federal-aid primary system in

16  existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which was not on

17  such system but which is now on the national highway system.

18  This subsection shall not be interpreted as explicit or

19  implicit legislative recognition that alterations do or do not

20  constitute a taking under state law.

21         (3)  Effective upon this act becoming a law, the Office

22  of Program Policy Analysis and Governmental Accountability, in

23  consultation with the Legislative Committee on

24  Intergovernmental Relations, shall conduct a study to

25  determine the economic impact on local governments of

26  providing just compensation or requiring the removal or

27  alteration of a lawfully erected sign as provided in this act.

28  The office shall examine all relevant information regarding

29  the provision of just compensation including, but not limited

30  to, the experience of the state and any of its agencies in

31  removing lawfully erected signs and providing just

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 1  compensation. The office shall present a report of its

 2  findings and recommendations to the President of the Senate,

 3  the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leaders

 4  of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the chairs of

 5  the House of Representatives and Senate Transportation

 6  Committees, the House of Representatives Community Affairs

 7  Committee and the Senate Comprehensive Planning, Local and

 8  Military Affairs Committee by July 1, 2001.

 9         (4)  Nothing contained herein shall affect or impair

10  the provisions of any agreement in existence on July 1, 2001,

11  executed by a municipality, county, local zoning authority, or

12  other local governmental entity and the owner of a lawfully

13  erected sign or signs.

14         (8)(6)  The provisions of subsections (3), (4), and

15  (5), (6), and (7) of this section shall not apply within the

16  jurisdiction of any municipality which is engaged in any

17  litigation concerning its sign ordinance on April 23, 1999,

18  nor shall such provisions apply to any municipality whose

19  boundaries are identical to the county within which said

20  municipality is located.

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26  And the title is amended as follows:

27         On page 3, line 16, following the semicolon

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30         amending s. 479.15, F.S.; revising guidelines

31         on local government removal of signs along

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