SB 330 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 330
AN ACT relative to outdoor advertising.
SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Rep. Dowd, Rock 5; Rep. Matthew Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Graham, Hills 18; Rep. S. Eaton, Graf 1
COMMITTEE: Energy and Economic Development
This bill exempts banners containing only the name of a business sponsor, which are requested and approved by a municipality, from the definition of advertisement for purposes of the law regarding the posting of certain outdoor advertising.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2343
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to outdoor advertising.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 No Advertisements of any Kind Upon Certain Objects. Amend RSA 236:75 to read as follows:
236:75 No Advertisements of any Kind Upon Certain Objects. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, it shall be unlawful to affix, attach or display any advertisement upon any object of nature, utility pole, telephone booth, or highway sign, directly in such a manner that the object of nature, utility pole, telephone booth, or highway sign, is utilized as an integral part of the sign’s support as distinguished from being only incidentally a support to the sign, such as the earth or ground upon which a sign is affixed. This prohibition shall extend to all primary and secondary highways and roads of and within the state without exception for any type of advertising. The owner of an object upon which an advertisement is placed in violation of this section shall be entitled to remove and destroy the advertisement and the advertisement owner shall not be entitled to damages or compensation therefore. The object owner shall be entitled to collect the costs associated with the removal and destruction from the advertisement owner or the person who is responsible for placing the advertisement on the object in violation of this section. Banners specifically approved and requested by a municipality which contain only the name of a business sponsor shall not be deemed to be “advertisement” for the purposes of this section, provided that such business sponsor’s name is limited to no more than 25 percent of the area of the banner.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.