Amended  IN  Assembly  April 20, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 476

Introduced by Assembly Member Villapudua

February 07, 2023

An act to add Section 5272.3 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to outdoor advertising. An act to add Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 5488) to Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to digital displays.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 476, as amended, Villapudua. Outdoor advertising: public property. Digital displays: public health and safety: the County of San Joaquin.
The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the Department of Transportation to regulate advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. The act authorizes displays on property zoned commercial or industrial, as specified.
This bill would authorize the County of San Joaquin to construct, on public property owned by the county, digital displays that promote public health and safety.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of San Joaquin.

The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the Department of Transportation to regulate advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. The act authorizes displays on property zoned commercial or industrial, as specified.

This bill would authorize displays on public property for noncommercial public messages and announcements, as specified.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YESNO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 5488) is added to Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
CHAPTER  2.3. Digital Displays

5488.
 The County of San Joaquin may construct, on public property owned by the county, digital displays that promote public health and safety.

SEC. 2.

 The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique needs of the County of San Joaquin to construct, on public property owned by the county, digital displays that promote public health and safety.
SECTION 1.Section 5272.3 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
5272.3.

An advertising display located on property zoned for public facilities is not in violation of this chapter if it meets all the following:

(a)The display is otherwise in full compliance with this chapter except for any zoning requirements not specified in this section.

(b)A city, county, or city and county owns the property on which the display is located.

(c)The display is limited to noncommercial public messages and announcements.

(d)The display complies with Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code.