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The 2001 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
Regulation Of Professions And Occupations
Chapter 479
Outdoor Advertising
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Chapter 479, Florida Statutes 2001

CHAPTER 479

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

479.01  Definitions.

479.015  Legislative intent with respect to regulation of signs in areas adjacent to state highways.

479.02  Duties of the department.

479.03  Jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation; entry upon privately owned lands.

479.04  Business of outdoor advertising; license requirement; renewal; fees.

479.05  Denial or revocation of license.

479.07  Sign permits.

479.08  Denial or revocation of permit.

479.10  Sign removal following permit revocation.

479.105  Signs erected or maintained without required permit; removal.

479.106  Vegetation management.

479.107  Signs on highway rights-of-way; removal.

479.11  Specified signs prohibited.

479.111  Specified signs allowed within controlled portions of the interstate and federal-aid primary highway system.

479.12  Outdoor advertising on highways.

479.14  Disposition of fees.

479.15  Harmony of regulations.

479.155  Local outdoor advertising or sign ordinances.

479.16  Signs for which permits are not required.

479.21  Willfully or maliciously removing, destroying, damaging, or altering permitted signs; penalty.

479.24  Compensation for removal of signs; eminent domain; exceptions.

479.261  Logo sign program.

479.27  Highway beautification and tourism promotion pilot project.

479.28  Rest area information panel or device program.

479.30  Radio advisory program for limited access highways.