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Anti-Landscaping Pro Billboards
Our Position: oppose
Bill Number: HB273/SB566
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Legislative Session: 2006
Click on SB566 for bill history and the bill language from originally filed to the latest version of the bill language.
Click on HB273 for bill history and the bill language from originally filed to the latest version of the bill language.
Status
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7/5/06: Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2006-223; See also HB 749 (Ch. 2006-252) on Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:22 AM
4/29/06: House Bill 273 is ordered enrolled on Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
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4/26/06: We need to tell legislators to vote against these bad bills.
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Here is why these bills are still bad, even though changes occurred.
They give away a public property right to billboard companies. It is like an easement across public lands that they are giving away for free. This is called a view zone.
View zone means you cannot put a beautification project on this land. That would mean you cannot plant trees on public lands, flowers are ok, but not trees.
House Bill 273 establishes a new financial penalty that will intimidate local cities or organizations like Garden Clubs from highway beautification along Florida's roads. As such it will rob the public's right to use public property for beautification purposes, asserting supremacy of advertising over civic beauty. Taxpayers could be required to pay fines for public trees within a broad swath around any billboard - even an illegal one.
Urge Florida Senators to vote NO on HB273.
Action Needed
7/5/06: Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2006-223; See also HB 749 (Ch. 2006-252) on Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:22 AM
4/29/06: HB273 passes Senate and sent to Governor
4/29/06: House bill was voted on by the Senate and is now on it's way to the Governor.
4/26/06: HB273 is on the Florida Senate Calendar for third reading. Please urge Senators to vote NO.
House Bill 273 establishes a new financial penalty that will intimidate local cities or organizations like Garden Clubs from highway beautification along Florida's roads. As such it will rob the public's right to use public property for beautification purposes, asserting supremacy of advertising over civic beauty. Taxpayers could be required to pay fines for public
trees within a broad swath around any billboard - even an illegal one.
Urge Florida Senators to vote NO on HB273.
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Background
4/5/06: Chapter Lobbyist Susie Caplowe was interviewed by CBS TV reporter on Tuesday regarding the billboard bill. The coverage was even seen in Gainesville. Folks said she did a good job and the message was loud and clear that this bill would allow for billboards to rule and trees that are in their way have to come down and never a tree will stand there again. The quote they used was..."instead of being called a Tree City USA winner, some will become Billboard USA winners and this will all be at the taxpayers expense, on public property."
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