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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2245 | PRINTER'S NO. 2300 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, McILHINNEY AND TOMLINSON, JUNE 5, 2012 |
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| AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JUNE 18, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in scenic byways, providing for the |
3 | designation of the 8.6 mile U.S. Route 202 Parkway between |
4 | State Route 63 (Welsh Road) and State Route 611 in Montgomery |
5 | and Bucks Counties as a scenic byway. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
9 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
10 | § 8309. Designation of U.S. Route 202 Parkway as scenic byway. |
11 | (a) General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic, |
12 | historic, recreational, cultural, natural and archeological |
13 | characteristics, the 8.6 mile U.S. Route 202 Parkway between |
14 | State Route 63 (Welsh Road) in Montgomery Township and State |
15 | Route 611 in Doylestown Township is hereby designated as a |
16 | scenic byway. |
17 | (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device, |
18 | as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971 |
19 | (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act |
20 | of 1971, may be erected: |
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1 | (1) within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of- |
2 | way; or |
3 | (2) more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the |
4 | right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible |
5 | from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the |
6 | purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the |
7 | main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except: |
8 | (i) the official signs and notices which are |
9 | required or authorized by law and which conform to the |
10 | national standards promulgated by the Secretary of |
11 | Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. |
12 | § 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising); |
13 | (ii) outdoor advertising devices advertising the |
14 | sale or lease of the real property upon which they are |
15 | located; |
16 | (iii) outdoor advertising devices advertising |
17 | activities conducted on the property on which they are |
18 | located, including devices which display a message that |
19 | may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic |
20 | process or remote control; and | <-- |
21 | (iv) directional signs, including, but not limited |
22 | to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and |
23 | historical attractions and other points of interest to |
24 | the traveling public which conform to the national |
25 | standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation |
26 | of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131.; and | <-- |
27 | (v) signs approved by the department designating the |
28 | route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with |
29 | department requirements. |
30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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