PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1956 PRINTER'S NO. 2468
No. 1549 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, BLAUM, BELARDI, McCALL, BEBKO-JONES,
CAPPELLI, COSTA, CREIGHTON, DeWEESE, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL,
GEIST, GERGELY, GOODMAN, HERSHEY, JAMES, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN,
LESCOVITZ, MARKOSEK, MELIO, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, ROBERTS,
BELFANTI, CLYMER, COY, DALEY, EACHUS, FICHTER, GABIG, GEORGE,
GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HORSEY, KELLER, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEVDANSKY,
McGEEHAN, MUNDY, PISTELLA, REICHLEY, SCRIMENTI, SOLOBAY,
TIGUE, WANSACZ, YOUNGBLOOD, PALLONE, SHANER, SURRA, WALKO,
WOJNAROSKI, YUDICHAK AND HASAY, JUNE 5, 2003
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JULY 18, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the designation of the
3 Governor Robert P. Casey Highway as a scenic byway; AND <--
4 DESIGNATING A CERTAIN PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 120 AS A SCENIC
5 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 SECTIONS to read: <--
10 § 8303. Designation of the Governor Robert P. Casey Highway as
11 scenic byway.
12 (a) General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
13 historic, recreational, cultural and archeological
14 characteristics, the portion of U.S. Route 6, between the
15 intersection of U.S. Route 6 with Route 81 in Dunmore Borough,
1 Lackawanna County and the intersection of Business Route 6 in
2 Carbondale Township, Lackawanna County, totaling 15.53 miles,
3 commonly known as the Governor Robert P. Casey Highway, is
4 designated as a scenic byway.
5 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
6 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
7 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
8 of 1971, may be erected if the sign is visible from the main-
9 traveled way of the scenic byway and the purpose of the sign is
10 that its message be read from the main-traveled way of the
11 scenic byway, except:
12 (1) the official signs and notices which are required or
13 authorized by law and which conform to the national standards
14 promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation of the United
15 States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131 (relating to control of
16 outdoor advertising);
17 (2) outdoor advertising devices advertising the sale or
18 lease of the real property upon which they are located;
19 (3) outdoor advertising devices advertising activities
20 conducted on the property on which they are located,
21 including devices which display a message that may be changed
22 at reasonable intervals by electronic process or remote
23 control; and
24 (4) directional signs, including, but not limited to,
25 signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical
26 attractions and other points of interest to the traveling
27 public which conform to the national standards promulgated by
28 the Secretary of Transportation of the United States pursuant
29 to 23 U.S.C. § 131.
30 § 8304. DESIGNATION OF STATE ROUTE 120 AS SCENIC BYWAY. <--
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1 (A) GENERAL RULE.--BECAUSE OF ITS OUTSTANDING SCENIC,
2 HISTORIC, NATURAL, RECREATIONAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL
3 CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITIES AND BECAUSE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR
4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AND FOR CONSERVATION OF THE
5 OUTSTANDING QUALITIES ALONG THE ROAD, STATE ROUTE 120 IN CLINTON
6 COUNTY FROM LOCK HAVEN TO THE JUNCTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219 IN ELK
7 COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AS A SCENIC BYWAY.
8 (B) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.--NO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICE,
9 AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 15, 1971
10 (P.L.596, NO.160), KNOWN AS THE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CONTROL ACT
11 OF 1971, MAY BE ERECTED:
12 (1) WITHIN 660 FEET OF THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-
13 WAY; OR
14 (2) MORE THAN 660 FEET FROM THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE
15 RIGHT-OF-WAY, OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS, IF THE SIGN IS VISIBLE
16 FROM THE MAIN-TRAVELED WAY OF THE SCENIC BYWAY AND THE
17 PURPOSE OF THE SIGN IS THAT ITS MESSAGE BE READ FROM THE
18 MAIN-TRAVELED WAY OF THE SCENIC BYWAY, EXCEPT:
19 (I) THE OFFICIAL SIGNS AND NOTICES WHICH ARE
20 REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND WHICH CONFORM TO THE
21 NATIONAL STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE SECRETARY OF
22 TRANSPORTATION OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO 23 U.S.C.
23 § 131 (RELATING TO CONTROL OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING);
24 (II) OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES ADVERTISING THE
25 SALE OR LEASE OF THE REAL PROPERTY UPON WHICH THEY ARE
26 LOCATED;
27 (III) OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES ADVERTISING
28 ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THEY ARE
29 LOCATED, INCLUDING DEVICES WHICH DISPLAY A MESSAGE THAT
30 MAY BE CHANGED AT REASONABLE INTERVALS BY ELECTRONIC
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1 PROCESS OR REMOTE CONTROL;
2 (IV) DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
3 TO, SIGNS PERTAINING TO NATURAL WONDERS, SCENIC AND
4 HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS AND OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST TO
5 THE TRAVELING PUBLIC WHICH CONFORM TO THE NATIONAL
6 STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
7 OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO 23 U.S.C. § 131; AND
8 (V) SIGNS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT DESIGNATING THE
9 ROUTE AS A SCENIC BYWAY INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
10 DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS.
11 (C) PUBLIC USE MAPS.--ALL PUBLIC USE MAPS PRODUCED BY THE
12 DEPARTMENT FOR TRAVEL, TOURISM AND BUSINESS INTERESTS SHALL GIVE
13 SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION OF ROUTES DESIGNATED AS SCENIC BYWAYS AND
14 BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHED THE
15 DESIGNATION BECAUSE OF THE OUTSTANDING SCENIC, HISTORIC,
16 NATURAL, RECREATIONAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND
17 OUTSTANDING QUALITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC
18 DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION OF THE SIGHTS ALONG THE
19 ROUTE.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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