AB 2099
Advertising displays: customary maintenance.
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No
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Bill overview
This bill clarifies the definition of ‘customary maintenance’ for outdoor advertising displays in California. It specifically states that maintaining an existing display, such as replacing posts or using stronger materials, is considered customary maintenance and doesn’t require government compensation. The bill aims to ensure that businesses can properly maintain their advertising displays without facing unnecessary restrictions or fees. This legislation focuses on protecting the existing structure and integrity of these displays.
Key provisions
- Defines ‘customary maintenance’ as activities to maintain an advertising display’s existing physical configuration.
- Allows for replacing structural members like posts and bracing.
- Permits the use of stronger materials for maintenance.
Who is affected
- Outdoor advertising businesses
- Advertising display owners
- Local governments regulating advertising displays
Notable changes
- Provides a clearer definition of what constitutes customary maintenance.
- Explicitly allows for material upgrades as part of maintenance.
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Bill Start
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2099
| Introduced by Assembly Member Mark González |
| February 18, 2026 |
An act to add Section 5208.3 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to outdoor advertising.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2099, as introduced, Mark González. Advertising displays: customary maintenance.
The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal-aid highways. The act prohibits limitations on the customary maintenance of a lawfully erected advertising display within the state by any governmental entity without payment of compensation, as specified.
This bill would authorize, as part of customary maintenance, an activity performed for the purpose of maintaining an advertising display in its existing physical configuration, including, but not limited to, replacing structural members and using stronger materials, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 5208.3 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
5208.3.
“Customary maintenance” means an activity performed on a display for the purpose of maintaining the display in its existing physical configuration, including, but not limited to, replacing structural members, such as posts and internal bracing, and using stronger materials, without increasing the number of posts.