Georgia Code
Part 2 - State Highway System
§ 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

History. Ga. L. 1967, p. 423, §§ 3, 4, 6; Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 5, § 4; Code 1933, § 95A-916, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1422, §§ 25, 26, 27, 28, 30; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1017, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 32; Ga. L. 1996, p. 831, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1052, § 3; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1132, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 691, §§ 3-6/HB 1097; Ga. L. 2019, p. 260, § 1/SB 79.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted “mechanical” preceding “multiple message” in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(8) and in the middle of subparagraph (c)(1)(C).
Cross references.
False advertising, § 10-1-420 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, a comma was inserted following “flashing” in paragraph (a)(8).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, subsection (b), which was added by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1052, § 3, was redesignated as subsection (c) in view of the fact that Ga. L. 1996, p. 831 also enacted a subsection (b). As a result, the reference in paragraph (a)(6) to “subsection (b)” was changed to be a reference to “subsection (c)”.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, “April 15, 1996” was substituted for “the effective date of this subsection” in the first sentence of paragraph (c)(3).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, “until October 31, 2006,” was substituted for “180 days from the effective date of this subparagraph” in division (c)(1)(F)(iii).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 691, § 7/HB 1097, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Law reviews.
For review of 1996 highways, bridges, and ferries legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 180 (1996).
For annual survey of law on administrative law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2010).
For annual survey on administrative law, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 39 (2012).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries

Chapter 6 - Regulation of Maintenance and Use of Public Roads Generally

Article 3 - Control of Signs and Signals

Part 2 - State Highway System

§ 32-6-70. Declaration of Policy

§ 32-6-71. Definitions

§ 32-6-72. Designation of Outdoor Advertising Which May Be Erected or Maintained Within 660 Feet of Nearest Edge of Right of Way

§ 32-6-73. Designation of Outdoor Advertising Which May Be Erected or Maintained Beyond 660 Feet of Nearest Edge of Right of Way

§ 32-6-74. Applications for Outdoor Advertising Sign Permits Generally; Fees; Renewals; Transfer of Permits

§ 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

§ 32-6-75.1. Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; Membership; Purpose; Compensation

§ 32-6-75.2. Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund; Dedication of Certain Revenues

§ 32-6-75.3. Permits for Trimming or Removal of Trees or Vegetation in State Right of Way Which Obstruct View of Outdoor Advertising; Removal of Signs With Lapsed Permits

§ 32-6-76. Restrictions on Directional Signs Generally

§ 32-6-77. Exceptions to Spacing Limitations Contained in Code Sections 32-6-75 and 32-6-76

§ 32-6-78. Restrictions on Public Service Signs

§ 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

§ 32-6-80. Renewal of Permits for Nonconforming Signs; Transfer of Permits for Nonconforming Signs

§ 32-6-81. Revocation or Withholding of Permits for Illegal or Unauthorized Actions Against the Department’s Property

§ 32-6-82. Acquisition by Department of Property Rights in Outdoor Advertising Which Does Not Comply With Requirements of Part

§ 32-6-83. Acquisition by Municipal Corporation or County of Outdoor Advertising Which Does Not Comply With Requirements of Applicable Ordinances, Regulations, or Resolutions

§ 32-6-84. Interests and Losses Which May Be Compensable Under Code Sections 32-6-82 and 32-6-83

§ 32-6-85. Department’s Exercise of Eminent Domain Power to Acquire Interests Specified in Code Section 32-6-84

§ 32-6-86. Compensation Contingent Upon Federal Matching Funds

§ 32-6-87. Agreements With United States Secretary of Transportation

§ 32-6-87.1. “Rv Friendly” Markers

§ 32-6-88. Designation of Defined Areas Where Directional Information Is Provided by Previously Conforming Signs or Devices

§ 32-6-89. Retention of Directional Signs, Displays, and Devices in Defined Areas

§ 32-6-90. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Department

§ 32-6-91. Erection or Maintenance of Sign Without Permit as Constituting Misdemeanor

§ 32-6-92. Maintenance of Unauthorized Sign as Constituting Misdemeanor

§ 32-6-93. Erection or Maintenance of Sign Without a Permit as Constituting a Public Nuisance; Enjoining Erection or Maintenance of Such Sign

§ 32-6-94. Maintenance of Unauthorized Sign as Constituting a Public Nuisance; Enjoining Maintenance of Such Sign

§ 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

§ 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

§ 32-6-97. Construction of Part