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CA Bus & Prof Code § 5418.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 7 - Regulations|Section 5418.1.

5418.1.  When allocating funds pursuant to Section 5418, the commission shall consider, and may designate for expenditure, all or any part of such funds in accordance with the following order of priorities for removal of those outdoor advertising displays for which compensation is provided pursuant to Section 5412:(a) Hardship situations involving outdoor advertising displays located adjacent to highways which are included within the state scenic highway system, including those nonconforming outdoor advertising displays which are offered for immediate removal by the owners thereof.(b) Hardship situations involving outdoor advertising displays located adjacent to other highways, including those nonconforming outdoor advertising displays which are offered for removal by the owners thereof.(c) Nonconforming outdoor advertising displays located adjacent to highways which are included within the state scenic highway system.(d) Nonconforming outdoor advertising displays which are generally used for product advertising, and which are located in unincorporated areas.(e) Nonconforming outdoor advertising displays which are generally used for product advertising located within incorporated areas.(f) Nonconforming outdoor advertising displays which are generally used for non-motorist-oriented directional advertising.(g) Nonconforming outdoor advertising displays which are generally used for motorist-related directional advertising.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1782.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5419 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 7 - Regulations|Section 5419.

5419.  (a) The director shall seek agreement with the Secretary of Transportation of the United States, or his successor, under provisions of Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code, to provide for effective control of outdoor advertising substantially as set forth herein, provided that such agreement can vary and change the definition of “unzoned commercial or industrial area” as set forth in Section 5222 and the definition of “business area” as set forth in Section 5223, or other sections related thereto, and provided further that if such agreement does vary from such sections it shall not be effective until the Legislature by statute amends the sections to conform with the terms of the agreement. If agreement is reached on these terms, the director shall execute the agreement on behalf of the state.(b) In the event an agreement cannot be achieved under subdivision (a), the director shall promptly institute proceedings of the kind provided for in subdivision (l) of Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code, in order to obtain a judicial determination as to whether this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder provide effective control of outdoor advertising as set forth therein. In such action the director shall request that the court declare rights, status, and other legal relations and declare whether the standards, criteria, and definitions contained in the agreement proposed by the director are consistent with customary use. If such agreement is held by the court in a final judgment to be invalid in whole or in part as inconsistent with customary use or as otherwise in conflict with Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code, the director shall promptly negotiate with the Secretary of Transportation, or his successor, a new agreement or agreements which shall conform to this chapter, as interpreted by the court in such action.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5440 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5440.

5440.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, no advertising display may be placed or maintained on property adjacent to a 1,000-foot or greater section of a freeway that has been landscaped with at least an average width of 20 feet of landscaping or that includes trees, on department-owned property at the same or elevated grade of the main-traveled way if the advertising display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on the main-traveled way of the landscaped freeway.(b) The department shall determine the average width by dividing the square footage of a landscaped area by its length.(c) (1) All existing classifications shall remain in effect until the department receives a request for a new classification review in accordance with applicable regulations.(2) The department may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs incurred by the department in conducting a classification review and not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).(d) For purposes of this section, “average width of 20 feet” means that over any 1,000-foot section freeway there averages at least 20 feet of total property contiguous to all sides of the main traveled way between the outer edge of the shoulders and the freeway right-of-way boundaries, including median plantings, that otherwise meets the definition of a landscaped freeway in Section 5216.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 926, Sec. 2. (AB 3168) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5440.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5440.1.

5440.1.  Except as provided in Section 5442.5, no advertising display may be placed or maintained along any highway or segment of any interstate highway or primary highway that before, on, or after the effective date of Section 131(s) of Title 23 of the United States Code is an officially designated scenic highway or scenic byway.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 991, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5441 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5441.

5441.  Any advertising display which is now, or hereafter becomes, in violation of Section 5440 shall be subject to removal three years from the date the freeway has been declared a landscaped freeway by the director or the director’s designee and the character of the freeway has been changed from a freeway to a landscaped freeway.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 653, Sec. 21.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5442 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5442.

5442.  Section 5440 does not apply to any advertising structure or sign if the advertising display is used exclusively for any of the following purposes:(a) To advertise the sale or lease of the property upon which the advertising display is placed.(b) To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the advertising display is placed, or to identify the premises.(c) To advertise goods manufactured or produced, or services rendered, on the property upon which the advertising display is placed.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 991, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5442.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5442.5.

5442.5.  Section 5440.1 does not apply to any advertising display if the advertising display is used exclusively for any of the following purposes:(a) Directional and official signs and notices, including, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders or scenic and historical attractions that are otherwise required or authorized by law and conform to regulations adopted by the department.(b) Signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of real property upon which they are located.(c) Signs, displays, and devices, including, but not limited to, those that may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic process or by remote control, advertising activities conducted on the property on which they are located.(d) Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, as determined by the department to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, or of historic or artistic significance the preservation of which, in the opinion of the department, would be consistent with the purposes of this section, as determined by regulations adopted by the department.(e) Signs, displays, and devices advertising the distribution by nonprofit organizations of free coffee to individuals traveling on the interstate system or the primary system. For the purpose of this subdivision, the term “free coffee” means, coffee for which a donation may be made, but is not required.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 991, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5442.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5442.7.

5442.7.  (a) Section 5440 does not apply to any freestanding identifying structure that is used exclusively to identify development projects, business centers, or associations located within the jurisdiction of, and sponsored by, the City of Richmond to support economic development activities.(b) A structure erected pursuant to subdivision (a) shall conform to all of the following conditions:(1) Not more than one identifying structure may be used by the City of Richmond and only if approved by that city by ordinance or resolution after a duly noticed public hearing regarding the structure.(2) Placement of the structure shall not require the immediate trimming, pruning, topping, or removal of existing trees to provide visibility to the structure, unless done as part of the normal landscape maintenance activities that would have been undertaken without regard to the placement of the structure.(3) The structure shall be generic only and shall not identify any specific business.(4) No public funds may be expended to pay for the costs of the structure.(5) The structure shall not cause a reduction in federal aid highway funds as provided in Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 644, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5442.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5442.8.

5442.8.  Section 5440 does not apply to any advertising structure or sign if the advertising display is used exclusively to identify development projects, business centers, or associations located within the jurisdiction of, or sponsored by, the City of Costa Mesa to support economic development activities, if all of the following conditions are met:(a) No other display is used by the city pursuant to this section.(b) The governing body of the city has authorized placement of the display by an ordinance or resolution adopted following a duly noticed public hearing regarding the display.(c) Placement of the display will not necessitate the immediate trimming, pruning, topping, or removal of existing trees in order to make the display visible or to improve its visibility, unless done as part of the normal landscape maintenance activities that would have been undertaken without regard to the placement of the display.(d) The display does not cause a reduction in federal aid highway funds, as provided in Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 117, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5442.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5442.9.

5442.9.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5440, a city described in subdivision (b) may erect a nonconforming display if all of the following apply:(1) The display is placed on property that the city has owned since before January 1, 1995.(2) Not more than one additional display is added to the number of signs within the city that do not conform to this article as of January 1, 2000.(3) The display is located within the boundaries of the city.(4) Placement or maintenance of the display does not require the immediate trimming, pruning, topping, or removal of existing trees to provide visibility to the display, unless done as part of the normal landscape maintenance activities that would have been undertaken without regard to the placement or maintenance of the display.(5) No public funds are required to be expended to pay for the costs of the display.(6) The display does not impose additional liability on the Department of Transportation.(7) The display does not cause a reduction in federal aid highway funds, as provided in Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code.(8) All proceeds received by a participating city by allowing the erection of the nonconforming display are expended by the city solely for parks and programs for at-risk youth.(9) The display does not advertise products or services which are directed at an adult population, including, but not limited to, alcohol, tobacco, and gambling activities.(b) For purposes of this section, city is any city that meets all of the following conditions:(1) The city’s population is 17,000 persons or less.(2) The city’s annual budget is less than eight million dollars ($8,000,000).(3) The city’s geographical area is less than 1.7 square miles.(4) The city is located in an urbanized county containing a population of 6,000,000 or more persons.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 280, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5442.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5442.11.

5442.11.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Section 5440 does not apply to any advertising display in the Mid-City Recovery Redevelopment Project Area within the City of Los Angeles if all of the following conditions are met:(a) Not more than four advertising displays, whose placement or maintenance is otherwise prohibited under this chapter, may be erected if approved by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles as part of an owner-participation agreement or disposition and development agreement.(b) All four advertising displays meet the requirements set forth in Section 5405 and 5408.(c) Placement or maintenance of each advertising display does not require the immediate trimming, pruning, topping, or removal of trees located on a state highway right-of-way to provide visibility to the advertising display, unless done as part of the normal landscape maintenance activities that would have been undertaken without regard to the placement of the display.(d) No advertising display shall advertise products or services that are directed at an adult population, including, but not limited to, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, or sexually explicit material.(e) If any advertising display erected pursuant to this section is removed for purposes of a transportation project undertaken by the department, the display owner is entitled to relocate that display and is not entitled to monetary compensation for the removal or relocation.(f) The advertising display shall not cause a reduction in federal aid highway funds as provided in Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 825, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5443 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5443.

5443.  Nothing in this article prohibits either of the following:(a) Any county from designating the districts or zones in which advertising displays may be placed or prohibited as part of a county land use or zoning ordinance.(b) (1) Any governmental entity from entering into a relocation agreement pursuant to Section 5412 or the department from allowing any lawfully erected display to be increased in height at its permitted location or to be relocated provided the height increase or relocation would not cause a reduction in federal aid highway funds as provided in Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code or an increase in the number of displays within the state that does not conform to this article. Any increase in height permitted under this subdivision shall not be more than that necessary to restore the visibility of the display to the main-traveled way. An advertising display relocated pursuant to this subdivision shall comply with all of the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 5350).(2) A relocated advertising display may be converted to a message center pursuant to a relocation agreement. The department shall issue a permit, without any additional consideration, for any display that is being placed pursuant to a relocation agreement with another governmental entity if the relocated display conforms with the provisions of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 926, Sec. 3. (AB 3168) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5443.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways|Section 5443.5.

5443.5.  Nothing in this article prohibits the Department of Transportation from allowing any legally permitted display situated on property being acquired for a public use to be relocated, subject to the approval of the public agency acquiring the property and the approval of the jurisdiction in which the display will be relocated, so long as the action of the department in allowing the relocation of the display would not cause a reduction in federal-aid highway funds, as provided in Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code, or an increase in the number of displays which do not conform to this article within the jurisdiction of a governmental entity.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 473, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5460 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties|Section 5460.

5460.  It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed, or to maintain or cause to be maintained any advertising display without the lawful permission of the owner or lessee of the property upon which the advertising display is located.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5461 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties|Section 5461.

5461.  All advertising displays which are placed or which exist in violation of the provisions of this chapter are public nuisances and may be removed by any public employee as further provided in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5463 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties|Section 5463.

5463.  The director may revoke any license or permit for the failure to comply with this chapter and may remove and destroy any advertising display placed or maintained in violation of this chapter after 30 days’ written notice is forwarded by mail to the permitholder at his or her last known address. If no permit has been issued, a copy of the notice shall be forwarded by mail to the display owner, property owner, or advertiser at his or her last known address.Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director or any authorized employee may summarily and without notice remove and destroy any advertising display placed in violation of this chapter which is temporary in nature because of the materials of which it is constructed or because of the nature of the copy thereon.For the purpose of removing or destroying any advertising display placed in violation of this chapter, the director or the director’s authorized agent may enter upon private property.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 594, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5464 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties|Section 5464.

5464.  Every person as principal, agent or employee, violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5465 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties|Section 5465.

5465.  The remedies provided in this chapter for the removal of illegal advertising displays are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5466 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties|Section 5466.

5466.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as to an advertising display in place as of August 12, 2004, a cause of action for the erection or maintenance of an advertising display that violates this chapter or the laws of a local governmental entity shall not be brought by a private party against an advertising display that has been in continuous existence in its current location for a period of five years. However, if the advertising display has been illegally modified, the cause of action for the illegal modification may be brought by a private party if it is filed within five years of the date the modification was made.(b) This section shall not apply to a cause of action brought by a governmental entity that is based on the erection or maintenance of an advertising display that violates this chapter or the laws of the governmental entity.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 529, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5480 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 10 - Revenue|Section 5480.

5480.  The fees for licenses and permits prescribed by this chapter are in lieu of all other license and permit fees required by the laws of the state or of any political subdivision thereof for the privilege of engaging in the outdoor advertising business or placing advertising display within view of the public highways in unincorporated areas.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 10 - Revenue|Section 5481.

5481.  All license, permit, application, and renewal fees, and all fines, collected by the director and his or her authorized agents in accordance with this chapter shall be deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, except that 20 percent of all fees and fines collected by county clerks appointed by the director shall be retained by the county in which the fees are collected. All money received by the state from the United States pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code shall be deposited in the same account. All fees and fines shall be accounted for by the director in the manner provided by law.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 152, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)