CITY LIMIT SIGNS (Section 71.025)

This act requires city limit signs on state highways to include city populations.

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING - NONPROFIT ATHLETIC FIELDS (Section 226.510)

This act exempts from the definition of "outdoor advertising" any advertising or information content located on enclosures of an athletic field owned or leased by a school or charitable nonprofit.

The act also waives permitting requirements when the intended audience of the advertisement or information is intended to be the patrons, participants, or attendees of an event occurring at the athletic field.

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING - UNZONED LAND (Sections 226.540 and 226.550)

The definition of "unzoned commercial and industrial land" is modified to include lands in the same dimensions as existing "unzoned commercial and industrial land" located on the opposite side of a nonfreeway primary highway, irrespective of zoning and use. This definition shall not extend to land adjacent to an interstate highway or a freeway primary highway.

The act also provides that the one-time $200 fee for an outdoor advertising permit shall be waived for permit holders who own both the land on which an outdoor advertisement is placed and the business being advertised on the sign, so long as the business is located within 750 feet of the sign location. This act further specifies that the $100 biennial inspection fees shall be waived for such landowners.

These provisions are identical to HB 2324 (2024), substantially similar to SB 1008 (2024), and similar to SB 379 (2023), HB 805 (2023), SB 624 (2018), HB 1459 (2018), and HB 56 (2017).

OZARK HIGHLANDS SPIRITS REGION (Section 226.1170)

This act provides that the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Ozark Highland Distillers Guild, shall erect and maintain suitable markings and signs designating the Ozark Highlands Spirits Region.

These provisions are identical to provisions in SCS/SBs 1067, 1308, & 1303 (2024), provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 2797 (2024), HCS/HB 2414 (2024), and provisions in HCS#2/SS#2/SB 964 (2024).

PROHIBITION OF HIGHWAY SIGNS FOR CERTAIN CONVICTS (Section 227.850)

This act prohibits signs designating highways named for any person convicted of killing or attempting to kill a law enforcement officer.

These provisions are identical to HB 1694 (2024).

SIGNS FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (Section 227.855)

This act directs the Department of Transportation to place a sign at the city limits, or another suitable location, of the hometown of any Missouri resident who is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, to be funded by appropriation from the Missouri Medal of Honor Recipients Fund.

These provisions are similar to HB 2100 (2024) and provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 2797 (2024).

ROADSIDE DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS (Section 1)

The Department of Transportation shall limit the messages displayed on changeable roadside message signs to the fewest characters necessary to convey the intended information, as described in the act.

ERIC VANDER WEERD