PRINTER'S NO. 573
No. 510 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, MICOZZIE, SATHER, THOMAS, WAUGH,
BELARDI, MUNDY, FICHTER, DeLUCA, HERSHEY, BATTISTO, PESCI,
YOUNGBLOOD, GRUITZA, LEDERER, TRELLO, CURRY AND ROBERTS,
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for posting
3 advertisements on another's property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6503 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6503. Posting advertisements on property of another.
9 (a) [Offense] Offenses defined.--
10 (1) A person [is guilty of] commits a summary offense if
11 he pastes, paints, brands or stamps or in any manner
12 whatsoever places upon or attaches to any building, fence,
13 bridge, gate, outbuilding or other object, upon the grounds
14 of any charitable, educational or penal institution of the
15 Commonwealth, or upon any property belonging to the
16 Commonwealth government, any political subdivision, or
17 municipal or local authority, any written, printed, painted
1 or other advertisement, bill, notice, sign or poster, or
2 pastes, paints, brands, stamps or in any manner whatsoever
3 places upon, or attaches to any building, fence, bridge,
4 gate, outbuilding or property of another, whether within or
5 without the limits of a highway, any written, printed,
6 painted or other advertisement, bill, notice, sign, card or
7 poster, without first having obtained the written consent of
8 the owner, or tenant lawfully in possession or occupancy
9 thereof.
10 (2) A person commits a summary offense if he causes any
11 unsolicited newspaper, magazine, advertising circular,
12 handbill, flyer, advertising supplement, coupon, leaflet,
13 pamphlet or other related material to be deposited into or
14 upon the property of another if a previously distributed
15 unsolicited newspaper, magazine, advertising circular,
16 handbill, flyer, advertising supplement, coupon, leaflet,
17 pamphlet or other related material which advertises the same
18 event, business, company, enterprise, facility, show,
19 meeting, product, product line or service is visible in or on
20 the property of another from a vantage point outside the
21 property. The advertising materials of bona fide scientific,
22 charitable, religious, educational or literary institutions
23 are not exempt from these restrictions.
24 (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) of this section shall not
25 prevent the posting or placing of any notice required by law or
26 order of court, nor to prevent the posting or placing of any
27 notice particularly concerning or pertaining to premises upon
28 which the same is so posted or placed.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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