Advertising And Advertisements
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. [SB-765]
Advertisement of legal notices on websites by the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. Allows each of the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring to publish required legal notices on the locality's website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.
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Advertising & advertisements; allows running animation on structures. [SB-339]
Advertisements and advertising structures. Allows running animation on advertisements and advertising structures. The bill also allows scrolling animation on on-premises advertisements and advertising structures.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Personal property tax; advertising signs. [SB-1236]
Personal property tax; advertising signs. Provides that outdoor advertising signs constitute a separate class of personal property for purposes of assessment, and requires localities to tax such signs as personal property, not as real property. The bill also prohibits such signs or income generated by such signs to be considered in assessing the value of real property. The bill states that an emergency exists and it is in force from its passage. The bill applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Street signs; joint subcommittee to study persons with disabilities signs. [HJR-576]
Study; joint subcommittee to study "persons with disabilities" street signs; report. Establishes an eight-member joint subcommittee to conduct a one-year study of the desirability and feasibility of installation of street signs alerting motorists to persons with disabilities in the area.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
False advertising; exempts real estate brokers and salespersons from criminal and civil liability. [HB-724]
False advertising; liability of real estate brokers and salespersons; exemption. Exempts a licensed real estate broker or salesperson from criminal and civil liability for making an advertisement that contains any promise, assertion, representation, or statement of fact that is untrue, deceptive, or misleading if the information was (i) provided to such broker or salesperson by his client; (ii) obtained from a governmental entity; (iii) obtained from a nongovernmental person or entity that obtained the information from a governmental entity; or
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Billboards; establishes conditions under which certain signs may be adjusted or relocated, etc. [HB-2298]
Billboards. Establishes conditions under which certain billboard signs may be relocated if land on which the billboard sign is located is acquired by eminent domain in connection with a highway project.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Signs or advertising; civil penalties for placing within highway rights-of-way. [HB-2165]
Signs or advertising within limits of highways. Imposes a civil penalty of $100 for first violations and $250 for second or subsequent violations for placing advertising within highway rights-of-way.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Real estate brokers and salespersons; liability of false advertising and false information. [HB-2073]
Liability of real estate brokers and salespersons; false advertising and false information. Clarifies that a licensed real estate broker or salesperson shall not be liable for providing false information under certain circumstances, which includes any civil action or regulatory action brought under the real estate licensing laws.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Speed limits; town located entirely within confines of military base may reduce to less than 25 mph. [HB-2029]
Speed limits. Allows the Town of Quantico to reduce speed limits on any highways within its boundaries to less than 25 mph.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Personal property tax; advertising signs. [HB-1860]
Personal property tax; advertising signs. Provides that outdoor advertising signs constitute a separate class of personal property for purposes of assessment, and requires localities to tax such signs as personal property, not as real property. The bill also prohibits such signs or income generated by such signs to be considered in assessing the value of real property. The bill states that an emergency exists and it is in force from its passage. The bill applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. [HB-1426]
Advertisement of legal notices on websites by the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. Allows each of the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring to publish required legal notices on the locality's website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Legal notices; locality to publish on its website instead of advertising in newspaper. [HB-1378]
Advertisement of legal notices on websites. Allows a locality to publish required legal notices on its website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Dulles Greenway; allowed to lease property for outdoor advertising, SCC to approve toll rates. [HB-1246]
Dulles Greenway; outdoor advertising; tolls. Allows the Dulles Greenway to lease property under its control for purposes of outdoor advertising. The bill also requires that the amount of toll vary according to distance traveled and take into consideration any income generated by the advertising leases.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising. [SB-408]
Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising. Provides that all outdoor alcoholic beverage signs shall comply with the provisions of outdoor advertising in sight of highways, laws and regulations adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board pursuant thereto, and the Integrated Directional Sign Program administered by the Virginia Department of Transportation or its agents.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising regulations, etc. [SB-398]
Alcoholic beverage control; outdoor advertising; penalty. Requires all outdoor advertising of alcoholic beverages to be in compliance with ABC law, ABC Board regulations, and VDOT law and regulations concerning outdoor advertising. The bill also sets the general rule that no outdoor alcoholic beverage advertising shall be placed within 500 linear feet on the same side of the road, and parallel to such road, measured from the nearest edge of the sign face upon which the advertisement is placed to the nearest edge of a building or structure located
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Advertising & advertisements; allows running animation on structures. [SB-339]
Advertisements and advertising structures. Allows running animation on advertisements and advertising structures. The bill also allows scrolling animation on on-premises advertisements and advertising structures.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements. [HB-881]
Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements. Requires print advertisements to contain sufficient space to display the required disclosure statement in a minimum font size of seven point and provides that an electronic advertisement without sufficient space may meet the disclosure requirement by a link that takes the viewer to a page showing the disclosure statement.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
False advertising; exempts real estate brokers and salespersons from criminal and civil liability. [HB-724]
False advertising; liability of real estate brokers and salespersons; exemption. Exempts a licensed real estate broker or salesperson from criminal and civil liability for making an advertisement that contains any promise, assertion, representation, or statement of fact that is untrue, deceptive, or misleading if the information was (i) provided to such broker or salesperson by his client; (ii) obtained from a governmental entity; (iii) obtained from a nongovernmental person or entity that obtained the information from a governmental entity; or
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Integrated Directional Sign Program; adds term retail. [HB-71]
Integrated Directional Sign Program. Adds the term "retail" to the Integrated Directional Sign Program, commonly referred to as the "logo sign" program.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Outdoor advertising; permit application fees. [HB-646]
Permit applications for outdoor advertising. Defines "billboard sign" and does away with the Certification Acceptance Program, which allowed an entity with five or more signs to self-inspect and certify its compliance with the regulations in lieu of paying a permit fee. The bill also raises application fees for permits for advertising.