PRINTER'S NO. 1938
No. 1532 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, GEIST, SCHRODER, ROSS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
CREIGHTON, DALEY, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, HARPER, JAMES, KILLION, KULA, LEACH, MAJOR,
R. MILLER, MILNE, MOYER, MURT, NAILOR, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, RAPP,
REICHLEY, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, TANGRETTI, TRUE, VEREB AND
VITALI, JUNE 18, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 18, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the designation of a
3 portion of U.S. Route 202 and a portion of the Pennsylvania
4 Turnpike as a scenic byway.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 8307. Designation of portions of U.S. 202 and the
10 Pennsylvania Turnpike as scenic byways.
11 (a) General rule.--Because of their outstanding scenic,
12 historic, recreational, cultural and archeological
13 characteristics, the portion of U.S. Route 202 in eastern
14 Chester County from the West Chester bypass at Matlack Street to
15 Route 422, and the portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from
16 Route 29 to the Valley Forge interchange are designated as
17 scenic byways.
1 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
2 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
3 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
4 of 1971, may be erected if the sign is visible from the main-
5 traveled way of the scenic byway and the purpose of the sign is
6 that its message be read from the main-traveled way of the
7 scenic byway, except:
8 (1) the official signs and notices which are required or
9 authorized by law and which conform to the national standards
10 promulgated by the United States Secretary of Transportation
11 pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131 (relating to control of outdoor
12 advertising);
13 (2) outdoor advertising devices advertising the sale or
14 lease of the real property upon which they are located;
15 (3) outdoor advertising devices advertising activities
16 conducted on the property on which they are located,
17 including devices which display a message that may be changed
18 at reasonable intervals by electronic process or remote
19 control; and
20 (4) directional signs, including, but not limited to,
21 signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical
22 attractions and other points of interest to the traveling
23 public which conform to the national standards promulgated by
24 the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 23
25 U.S.C. § 131.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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