PRINTER'S NO. 204
No. 198 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, GEIST, PHILLIPS, BARRAR, BALDWIN, BOYD,
BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COSTA, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
DENLINGER, D. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FEESE, FICHTER, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HARHART, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KIRKLAND, LEDERER, LEH, MARKOSEK,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MUNDY, PICKETT, PRESTON, ROHRER,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY,
STERN, R. STEVENSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE,
WALKO, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
FEBRUARY 2, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 2, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, designating a certain portion of State
3 Route 92 in Susquehanna County as a scenic byway.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 8305. Designation of State Route 92 in Susquehanna County as
9 a scenic byway.
10 (a) General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
11 historic, natural, recreational and archeological
12 characteristics and qualities and because of opportunities for
13 economic development and tourism and for conservation of the
14 outstanding qualities along the road, State Route 92 in
1 Susquehanna County from Lenox Township Segment No. 0130/0904
2 continuing to Jackson Township border Segment No. 0460/2408, and
3 further continuing from the Susquehanna Borough Segment No.
4 0510/0747 and continuing to Oakland Borough Segment No.
5 0540/1702 is hereby designated as a scenic byway.
6 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
7 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
8 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
9 of 1971, may be erected:
10 (1) within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-
11 way; or
12 (2) more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the
13 right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible
14 from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the
15 purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the
16 main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:
17 (i) the official signs and notices which are
18 required or authorized by law and which conform to the
19 national standards promulgated by the Secretary of
20 Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
21 § 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);
22 (ii) outdoor advertising devices advertising the
23 sale or lease of the real property upon which they are
24 located;
25 (iii) outdoor advertising devices advertising
26 activities conducted on the property on which they are
27 located, including devices which display a message that
28 may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic
29 process or remote control;
30 (iv) directional signs, including, but not limited
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1 to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and
2 historical attractions and other points of interest to
3 the traveling public which conform to the national
4 standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation
5 of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
6 (v) signs approved by the department designating the
7 route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with
8 department requirements.
9 (c) Public use maps.--All public use maps produced by the
10 department for travel, tourism and business interests shall give
11 special identification of this route and briefly summarize that
12 the General Assembly established the designation because of the
13 outstanding scenic, historic, natural, recreational and
14 archeological characteristics and outstanding qualities and
15 opportunities for economic development, tourism and conservation
16 of the sights along the route.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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