PRINTER'S NO. 2353
No. 1801 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, FLICK, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN,
BEBKO-JONES, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
CURRY, FABRIZIO, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, HENNESSEY, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, KILLION, LEACH, LEDERER, MARSICO,
McILHATTAN, MUSTIO, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, QUIGLEY, ROSS, SCHRODER,
B. SMITH, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TRUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 28, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 28, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the designation
3 of a portion of U.S. Route 202 and a portion of the
4 Pennsylvania 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 § 8305. 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
1 scenic byways.
2 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
3 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
4 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
5 of 1971, may be erected if the sign is visible from the main-
6 traveled way of the scenic byway and the purpose of the sign is
7 that its message be read from the main-traveled way of the
8 scenic byway, except:
9 (1) the official signs and notices which are required or
10 authorized by law and which conform to the national standards
11 promulgated by the United States Secretary of Transportation
12 pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131 (relating to control of outdoor
13 advertising);
14 (2) outdoor advertising devices advertising the sale or
15 lease of the real property upon which they are located;
16 (3) outdoor advertising devices advertising activities
17 conducted on the property on which they are located,
18 including devices which display a message that may be changed
19 at reasonable intervals by electronic process or remote
20 control; and
21 (4) directional signs, including, but not limited to,
22 signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical
23 attractions and other points of interest to the traveling
24 public which conform to the national standards promulgated by
25 the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 23
26 U.S.C. § 131.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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