Removal of certain signs & advertisements within limits of hways.; agreements with local government.

Removed the placeholder date for the House Committee proposal and updated the header to indicate the bill is Engrossed for the 2026 session.

Added specific eligibility criteria requiring localities in Planning District 23 to have a population between 250,000 and 350,000 and possess a tax increment financing district to enter into sign removal agreements.

Corrected a formatting error in the text where the word 'located' was duplicated.

For localities in Planning District 23, agreements must require that only designated paid employees remove specific advertisements, prohibiting the use of volunteers, contractors, or other non-employees.

The previous blanket restriction on using volunteers to remove advertisements under a specific code section was removed from the general text.

The enforcement mechanism for sign removal in Planning District 23 was tightened to ensure only official staff perform the work, likely to prevent liability or ensure consistent application of the law.

The population threshold for localities in Planning District 23 subject to special sign-removal rules was lowered from 250,000 to 245,000 residents.

Localities are now authorized to hire contractors to remove illegal signs, whereas the draft version only allowed designated employees.

The rules were clarified to explicitly prohibit volunteers from removing illegal signs, while still allowing designated employees and contractors.