Title: Placement of Electronic Billboards

Summary: Authorizes electronic billboards to be placed on certain agricultural lands.

Full Text:
An act relating to placement of electronic billboards; creating s. 479.026, F.S.; defining the term "electronic billboard"; authorizing electronic billboards to be placed on certain agricultural lands; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 479.026, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 479.026 Electronic billboards; agricultural lands.-(1) As used in this section, the term "electronic billboard" means a billboard comprised of light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs that are arranged and timed to create static, changing, or full-motion text and images controlled remotely by a combination of hardware, computers, software, and an internet connection. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, electronic billboards may be placed on lands designated as agricultural lands under s. 193.461 if: (a) The parcel on which the electronic billboard is to be placed can reasonably accommodate the billboard. (b) Sufficient utilities are available to support the placement, operation, and maintenance of the electronic HB 2020 billboard. (c) The parcel on which the electronic billboard is to be placed is comprehensively zoned by the local government to allow placement of electronic billboards. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.