PRINTER'S NO. 728
No. 619 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, RHOADES, COSTA, RAFFERTY AND BOSCOLA, APRIL 22, 2003
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 22, 2003
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for authority to erect traffic- 3 control devices. 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 paragraphs (1) and (2), any traffic- 7 control device which is to be maintained solely by a local 8 authority may be designed, constructed and installed by the 9 local authority without the approval of the department. The 10 local authority shall not be required to have a waiver under 11 subsection (c). 12 * * * 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C27L75MEP/20030S0619B0728 - 2 -