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This bill establishes new regulations for homeowners associations (HOAs) regarding political signs, primarily ensuring property owners have the right to display political signs within certain parameters. The bill first defines a homeowner association as a nonprofit corporation that manages a residential or nonresidential property development and enforces its restrictive covenants. It mandates that HOAs cannot prohibit property owners from displaying political signs related to candidates or ballot measures during a specific timeframe—from 90 days before an election until 10 days after the election. While restricting complete bans on political signs, the bill does allow HOAs to impose reasonable restrictions, such as requiring signs to be ground-mounted, limiting owners to one sign per candidate or ballot measure, and prohibiting signs that: are larger than 4x6 feet, contain offensive language, are attached to inappropriate surfaces, threaten public safety, contain non-standard decorative components, are distracting to motorists, or violate existing laws. The legislation aims to balance homeowners' rights to political expression with maintaining community aesthetic standards and safety, giving property owners more freedom to display political signs while providing HOAs some regulatory flexibility.

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https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58938