Utah’s HB 361 (2018) requires:
- that eminent domain laws, including legal process and procedure, apply to billboard relocation
- this engages city council members in the process instead of non-elected employees
- providse stronger guidance for compensation
- if there is no agreement on sign price or relocation within 90 days, then the billboard comapny can relocate it.
- blocked signs can be relocated and raised
Opponents say:
- Using eminent domain laws will add years to the process of relocation
- It allows for unilateral conversion to digital signs
Opponents, local governments, point to the following campaign contributions from supporters:
- $1,700 to House Majority Whip Francis Gibson, sponsor of the current bill
- a combined $79,630 to 75 of Utah’s 104 legislators
- gave the 3rd largest amount of any donor in UT