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ASSEMBLY BILL 943 (PAPAN – 1985)

CHAPTER 439, STATUTES OF 1985, AB 943

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As enacted in 1985, Assembly Bill 943 was a single-section bill that added only Business and Professions Code section 5412.6, relating to outdoor advertising.  (See Exhibit A, #1b)  Assembly member Louis J. Papan introduced the measure on February 25, 1985.  (See Exhibit A, #1a)  Assembly Bill 943 was sponsored by the firm of Foster & Kleiser.  (See Exhibit A, #4, documents AP 1 and #6, document ARC 2)   The County of Los Angeles and the League of California Cities opposed the legislation.  (See Exhibit A, #8, #11 and #13, in general)

The Assembly and Senate Committees on Governmental Organization considered the policy issues raised by the bill.  (See Exhibit A, #2, #3 and #7)  Assembly Bill 943 was enacted as introduced, never being amended in either House.  (See Exhibit A, #1a, #1b and #2)  Governor George Deukmejian signed Assembly Bill 943 on July 30th, and the Secretary of State recorded it the following day as Chapter 439 of the Statutes of 1985.  (See Exhibit A, #2 and #15)
 

The Senate Committee on Governmental Organization analysis of Assembly Bill 943 provided the following description of the bill:

    AB 943 provides that requiring as a condition or prerequisite the removal of an outdoor advertising display before the issuance or continued effectiveness of a permit, license, or other approval for use of the property constitutes a compelled removal and therefore requires compensation.  This would not apply in cases where construction of a building or structure could not take place without physically removing the display.
(See Exhibit A, #7)