• § 32-6-70 - Declaration of Policy
  (a) The General Assembly declares it to be the policy of this state that the erection or maintenance of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent...
• § 32-6-71 - Definitions
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Defined area" means any area or areas within the state defined by the board, upon request...
• § 32-6-72 - Designation of Outdoor Advertising Which May Be Erected or Maintained Within 660 Feet of Nearest Edge of Right of Way
  No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from the...
• § 32-6-73 - Designation of Outdoor Advertising Which May Be Erected or Maintained Beyond 660 Feet of Nearest Edge of Right of Way
  No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of the interstate or...
• § 32-6-74 - Applications for Permits Generally; Fees; Renewals; Transfer of Permits
  (a) Applications for permits authorized by subsections (a) through (d) of Code Section 32-6-79 shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed by...
• § 32-6-75 - Restrictions on Outdoor Advertising Authorized by Code Sections 32-6-72 and 32-6-73; Multiple Message Signs on Interstate System, Primary Highways, and Other Highways
  (a) No sign authorized by paragraphs (4) through (6) of Code Section 32-6-72 and paragraph (4) of Code Section 32-6-73 shall be erected or...
• § 32-6-75.1 - Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; Membership; Purpose; Compensation
  (a)(1) The Governor shall appoint a Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council composed of 12 members. The council shall include the chairperson of the Senate...
• § 32-6-75.2 - Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund; Dedication of Certain Revenues
  There is established a special fund to be known as the "Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund." This fund shall consist of all moneys collected...
• § 32-6-75.3 - Application for Tree Trimming Permit and Annual Renewal; Forms; Application Fees; Evaluation; Criteria for Trimming Trees or Vegetation
  (a) (1) For purposes of this Code section, the term: (A) "Removal" or "removed" means the elimination of trees or other vegetation from a...
• § 32-6-76 - Restrictions on Directional Signs Generally
  Paragraphs (1) through (7), (9), (10), (13) through (17), (19), and (20) of subsection (a) of Code Section 32-6-75 are applicable to directional signs...
• § 32-6-77 - Exceptions to Spacing Limitations Contained in Code Sections 32-6-75 and 32-6-76
  Signs which are authorized by and erected or maintained pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of Code Section 32-6-72 or paragraph (2) or (3)...
• § 32-6-78 - Restrictions on Public Service Signs
  No public service sign authorized by paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-6-72 or paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-6-73 shall be erected or maintained...
• § 32-6-79 - Permits for Nonconforming Signs; Right of Department to Refuse to Issue Additional Permits to Persons Maintaining Illegal Sign; Appeal From Department's Decision
  (a) On and after October 6, 1971, no person, firm, or corporation shall erect or maintain a sign authorized by paragraph (1), (4), or...
• § 32-6-80 - Renewal of Permits for Nonconforming Signs; Transfer of Permits for Nonconforming Signs
  (a) After March 24, 1980, renewal of permits for nonconforming signs as defined in paragraph (12) of Code Section 32-6-71 and as authorized in...
• § 32-6-81 - Revocation or Withholding of Permits for Illegal or Unauthorized Actions Against the Department's Property
  (a) It shall be cause for the department to revoke a sign permit or refuse to issue a sign permit if any of the...
• § 32-6-82 - Acquisition by Department of Property Rights in Outdoor Advertising Which Does Not Comply With Requirements of Part
  The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation and to pay just compensation for any property rights in outdoor advertising signs,...
• § 32-6-83 - Acquisition by Municipal Corporation or County of Outdoor Advertising Which Does Not Comply With Requirements of Applicable Ordinances, Regulations, or Resolutions
  Any municipal corporation or county is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation and to pay just compensation for any property rights in...
• § 32-6-84 - Interests and Losses Which May Be Compensable Under Code Sections 32-6-82 and 32-6-83
  The compensation provided for in Code Sections 32-6-82 and 32-6-83 is authorized to be paid only for the following: (1) The taking from the...
• § 32-6-85 - Department's Exercise of Eminent Domain Power to Acquire Interests Specified in Code Section 32-6-84
  Whenever it is necessary, in the judgment of the commissioner, to acquire those interests specified in Code Section 32-6-84, the department may exercise the...
• § 32-6-86 - Compensation Contingent Upon Federal Matching Funds
  The department shall not acquire any sign by purchase or condemnation, any portion of the cost of which is eligible for federal participation, until...
• § 32-6-87 - Agreements With United States Secretary of Transportation
  Subject to the provisions of this part, the department is authorized, on behalf of the state, to enter into agreements with the United States...
• § 32-6-87.1 - "Rv Friendly" Markers
  (a) Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Highway Administration, the department is directed to incorporate the use of "RV friendly" markers on...
• § 32-6-88 - Designation of Defined Areas
  Upon written request made by any county, city, corporation, partnership, association, person, or persons, the board is authorized to consider and to designate a...
• § 32-6-89 - Retention of Directional Signs, Displays, and Devices in Defined Areas
  Upon designation made by the board of an area or areas as a defined area or areas for purposes of requesting the approval of...
• § 32-6-90 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Department
  The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the issuance and revocation of permits for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising...
• § 32-6-91 - Erection or Maintenance of Sign Without Permit As Constituting Misdemeanor
  Any person who erects or maintains any sign for which a permit is required by this part without a valid permit or renewal of...
• § 32-6-92 - Maintenance of Unauthorized Sign As Constituting Misdemeanor
  Any person who maintains any sign not authorized by this part and which was not lawfully in existence on October 6, 1971, shall be...
• § 32-6-93 - Erection or Maintenance of Sign Without a Permit As Constituting a Public Nuisance; Enjoining Erection or Maintenance of Such Sign
  The erection or maintenance by any person, firm, or corporation of any sign for which a permit is required by this part without a...
• § 32-6-94 - Maintenance of Unauthorized Sign As Constituting a Public Nuisance; Enjoining Maintenance of Such Sign
  The maintenance by any person, firm, or corporation of any sign which is not authorized by this part and which was not lawfully in...
• § 32-6-95 - Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," to Part Generally; Affirmance of Agency Decision by Operation of Law
  (a) In addition to the procedures and remedies afforded by this part, any person, firm, or corporation who owns, uses, leases, or subleases any...
• § 32-6-96 - Authority of Department to Enter Upon Private Lands to Implement Administrative Decisions; Reimbursement of Department for Expenses; Return or Disposition of Stored Sign Remnants
  (a) After notifying the landowner by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, in cases where an administrative order has been issued by...
• § 32-6-97 - Construction of Part
  Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or affect any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive than this part.

Last modified: October 14, 2016