Scadron v. City of Des Plaines

This court has agreed to answer the following three questions of State law which were certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit:

“1. Does the Illinois Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 121, par. 501 et seq.) (the Act), preempt the authority of home rule municipalities to regulate outdoor advertising signs in areas subject to the Act?

2. If the Act does preempt home rule autonomy, does section 7 of the Act authorize home rule units to regulate outdoor advertising within 660 feet of federally-funded highways more restrictively than…