1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to land use; establishing statewide moratorium on new billboards; 
1.3 	declaring existing billboards nonconforming uses;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 173.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [173.28] NEW BILLBOARDS PROHIBITED.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "billboard" means an 
1.8 	advertising device as defined in section 173.02, subdivision 16, except that it includes 
1.9 	advertising devices visible to any person, whether in a motor vehicle or not.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Ban on new billboards. On the effective date of this section, no state 
1.11 	agency or political subdivision may issue a permit for or otherwise authorize a new 
1.12 	billboard anywhere in the state.
1.13 		Subd. 3.Existing billboards are nonconforming. Existing billboards are 
1.14 	nonconforming uses, subject to section 462.357, subdivision 1e.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.