CONTROL OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING.

SEC. 1046. CONTROL OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING. (a) Funding.— Section 131(m) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Subject to approval by the Secretary in accordance with the program of projects approval process of section 105, a State may use any funds apportioned to it under section 104 of this title for removal of any sign, display, or device lawfully erected which does not conform to this section.”. (b) Removal of Illegal Signs.— Section 131 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(r) Removal of Illegal Signs.— “(1) By owners.— Any sign, display, or device along the Inter-state System or the Federal-aid primary system which was not lawfully erected, shall be removed by the owner of such sign, display, or device not later than the 90th day following the effective date of this subsection. 105 STAT. 1996 “(2) By states.— If any owner does not remove a sign, display, or device in accordance with paragraph (1), the State within the borders of which the sign, display, or device is located shall remove the sign, display, or device. The owner of the removed sign, display, or device shall be liable to the State for the costs of such removal. Effective control under this section includes compliance with the first sentence of this paragraph.”. (c) Scenic Byway Prohibition.— Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(s) Scenic Byway Prohibition.— If a State has a scenic byway program, the State may not allow the erection along any highway on the interstate System or Federal-aid primary system which before, on, or after the effective date of this subsection, is designated as a scenic byway under such program of any sign, display, or device which is not in conformance with subsection (c) of this section. Control of any sign, display, or device on such a highway shall be in accordance with this section. “(t) Primary System Defined.— For purposes of this section, the terms ‘primary system’ and ‘Federal-aid primary system’ mean the Federal-aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which is not on such system but which is on the National Highway System.”. (d) State Compliance Laws.— The amendments made by this section shall not affect the status or validity of any existing compliance law or regulation adopted by a State pursuant to section 131 of title 23, United States Code.