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173.02.6(a)

Statute ID: 14982

Statute Function ID: 32422

Advertising Device - Official Signs and Notices - Definition

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Statute Number:

173.02.6(a)

Enactment Date:

May 9, 2014

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2014

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Advertising Device - Official Signs and Notices - Definition

Statute ID:

14982

Created:

Jun 12, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 12, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2014 c 227 art 2 s 8; removed "Star City" from (a)

Summary Text:

Advertising Device - Official Signs and Notices - Definition

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/173/02.html

Legislative Session:

2014 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 12, 2014

Directional and other official signs and notices shall mean:
(a) "Official signs and notices" mean signs and notices erected and maintained by public officers or public agencies within their territorial jurisdiction and pursuant to and in accordance with direction or authorization contained in federal or state law for the purposes of carrying out an official duty or responsibility. Historical markers authorized by state law and erected by state or local governmental agencies or nonprofit historical societies, and municipal identification entrance signs erected in accordance with section 173.025 may be considered official signs.
(b) "Public utility signs" mean warning signs, notices, or markers which are customarily erected and maintained by publicly or privately owned public utilities, as essential to their operations.
(c) "Service club and religious notices" mean signs and notices, not exceeding eight square feet in advertising area, whose erection is authorized by law, relating to meetings and location of nonprofit service clubs or charitable associations, or religious services.
(d) "Directional signs" means signs containing directional information about public places owned or operated by public authorities as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 460.2, paragraph (b), or their agencies, publicly or privately owned natural phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific, educational, and religious sites, and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of the traveling public. To qualify for directional signs, privately owned attractions must be nationally or regionally known, and of outstanding interest to the traveling public.
(e) All definitions in this subdivision are intended to be in conformity with the national standards for directional and other official signs.