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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2021

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1600 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, CREIGHTON, DALEY,
           FABRIZIO, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HERSHEY,
           JAMES, LEVDANSKY, McNAUGHTON, PALLONE, SHANER, SOLOBAY,
           STABACK, STURLA, SURRA, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
           JUNE 16, 2003

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 16, 2003

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, designating a certain portion of State
     3     Route 120 as a scenic byway.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 8303.  Designation of State Route 120 as a scenic byway.
     9     (a)  General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
    10  historic, natural, recreational and archeological
    11  characteristics and qualities and because of opportunities for
    12  economic development and tourism and for conservation of the
    13  outstanding qualities along the road, State Route 120 in Clinton
    14  County from Lock Haven to the junction of U.S. Route 219 in Elk
    15  County is hereby designated as a scenic byway.
    16     (b)  Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
    17  as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971

     1  (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
     2  of 1971, may be erected:
     3         (1)  within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-
     4     way; or
     5         (2)  more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the
     6     right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible
     7     from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the
     8     purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the
     9     main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:
    10             (i)  the official signs and notices which are
    11         required or authorized by law and which conform to the
    12         national standards promulgated by the Secretary of
    13         Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
    14         § 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);
    15             (ii)  outdoor advertising devices advertising the
    16         sale or lease of the real property upon which they are
    17         located;
    18             (iii)  outdoor advertising devices advertising
    19         activities conducted on the property on which they are
    20         located, including devices which display a message that
    21         may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic
    22         process or remote control;
    23             (iv)  directional signs, including, but not limited
    24         to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and
    25         historical attractions and other points of interest to
    26         the traveling public which conform to the national
    27         standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation
    28         of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
    29             (v)  signs approved by the department designating the
    30         route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with
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     1         department requirements.
     2     (c)  Public use maps.--All public use maps produced by the
     3  department for travel, tourism and business interests shall give
     4  special identification of this route and briefly summarize that
     5  the General Assembly established the designation because of the
     6  outstanding scenic, historic, natural, recreational and
     7  archeological characteristics and outstanding qualities and
     8  opportunities for economic development, tourism and conservation
     9  of the sights along the route.
    10     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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