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The Committee on Finance and Tax (Atwater) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 360-419

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and insert:

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securely attached to the sign facing or, if there is no facing,

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on the pole nearest the highway; and it shall be attached in such

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a manner as to be plainly visible from the main-traveled way.

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Effective July 1, 2011, the tag shall be securely attached to the

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upper 50 percent of the pole nearest the highway in a manner as

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to be plainly visible from the main-traveled way. The permit will

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become void unless the permit tag is properly and permanently

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displayed at the permitted site within 30 days after the date of

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permit issuance. If the permittee fails to erect a completed sign

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on the permitted site within 270 days after the date on which the

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permit was issued, the permit will be void, and the department

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may not issue a new permit to that permittee for the same

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location for 270 days after the date on which the permit became

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void.

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     (b)  If a permit tag is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the

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permittee to whom the tag was issued may must apply to the

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department for a replacement tag. The department shall establish

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by rule a service fee for replacement tags in an amount that will

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recover the actual cost of providing the replacement tag. Upon

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receipt of the application accompanied by the a service fee of

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$3, the department shall issue a replacement permit tag.

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Alternatively, the permittee may provide its own replacement tag

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pursuant to department specifications which the department shall

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establish by rule at the time it establishes the service fee for

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replacement tags.

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     Section 10.  Section 479.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to

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read:

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     479.08  Denial or revocation of permit.--The department has

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the authority to deny or revoke any permit requested or granted

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under this chapter in any case in which it determines that the

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application for the permit contains knowingly false or knowingly

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misleading information. The department may revoke any permit

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granted under this chapter in any case where or that the

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permittee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter,

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unless such permittee, within 30 days after the receipt of notice

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by the department, corrects such false or misleading information

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and complies with the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose

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of this subsection, the notice of violation issued by the

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department shall describe in detail the alleged violation. Any

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person aggrieved by any action of the department in denying or

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revoking a permit under this chapter may, within 30 days after

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receipt of the notice, apply to the department for an

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administrative hearing pursuant to chapter 120. If a timely

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request for hearing has been filed and the department issues a

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final order revoking a permit, such revocation shall be effective

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30 days after the date of rendition. Except for department action

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pursuant to s. 479.107(1), the filing of a timely and proper

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notice of appeal shall operate to stay the revocation until the

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department's action is upheld.

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     Section 11.  Subsection (2) of section 479.11, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     479.11  Specified signs prohibited.--No sign shall be

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erected, used, operated, or maintained:

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     (2)  Beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way

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of any portion of the interstate highway system or the federal-

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aid primary highway system outside an urban area, which sign is

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erected for the purpose of its message being read from the main-

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traveled way of such system, except as provided in ss. 479.111(1)

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and 479.16.

3/26/2008  11:57:00 AM     25-05786-08