HIGHWAY ADVERTISING ACT OF 1972
Act 106 of 1972
252.303 Purpose.
Sec. 3.
To improve and enhance scenic beauty consistent with section 131 of title 23 of the United States Code, 23 USC 131, and to limit and reduce the illegal possession and use of tobacco by minors, the legislature finds it appropriate to regulate and control outdoor advertising and outdoor advertising as it pertains to tobacco adjacent to the streets, roads, highways, and freeways within this state and that outdoor advertising is a legitimate accessory commercial use of private property, is an integral part of the marketing function and an established segment of the economy of this state.
History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 464, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 533, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Notes of Decisions
Lamar Advert. Co. v. Twp. of Elmira, 328 F. Supp. 2d 725 (E.D. Mich. 2004).
· cites it 4× “The statute referenced in the ordinance, Public Act 106 of 1972, is Michigan’s Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (MHAA), codified at Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.301 , et seq. This legislation was enacted primarily to prohibit tobacco advertisements on billboards.”
Adams Outdoor Advert. v. East Lansing, 483 N.W.2d 38 (Mich. 1992).
· cites it 2× “[51] MCL 252.303; MSA 9.391(103) recognizes that "outdoor advertising is a legitimate commercial use of private property, is an integral part of the marketing function and an established segment of the economy of this state.”
Int'l Outdoor Inc v. City of Livonia (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 4× “e scenic beauty consistent with section 131 of title 23 of the United States Code, 23 USC 131, and to limit and reduce the illegal possession and use of tobacco by minors, the legislature finds it appropriate to regulate and control outdoor advertising and outdoor advertising as…”
Dep't of Transp. v. Wolverine Sign Works (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
“2919(1)(a), and the NREPA proscribes destroying vegetation without “a bill of sale from the owner,” MCL 324.52901(1). The HAA was specifically enacted to improve and enhance the scenic beauty on land adjacent to the highways and freeways.”
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