PRINTER'S NO. 2311
No. 1792 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY O'DONNELL, DECEMBER 7, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 7, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the erection of signs warning
3 of the presence of children.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6122(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6122. Authority to erect traffic-control devices.
9 (a) General rule.--The department on State-designated
10 highways and local authorities on any highway within their
11 boundaries may erect official traffic-control devices, which
12 shall be installed and maintained in conformance with the manual
13 and regulations published by the department upon all highways as
14 required to carry out the provisions of this title or to
15 regulate, restrict, direct, warn, prohibit or guide traffic.
16 (1) Local authorities shall obtain approval of the
17 department prior to erecting an official traffic-control
18 device on a State-designated highway except where department
1 regulations provide otherwise.
2 (2) Local authorities shall obtain approval of the
3 department prior to erecting any traffic signal except in a
4 municipality with a traffic engineer qualified in accordance
5 with department regulations.
6 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and
7 regulations of the department to the contrary, cities of the
8 first class are authorized to erect signs warning traffic of
9 the usual presence of children without approval or accordance
10 with the regulations of the department.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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