THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, GINGRICH, O'NEILL, WATSON, BRADFORD, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, MELIO, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, QUINN, READSHAW AND SWANGER, OCTOBER 9, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 9, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 15, 1971 (P.L.596, No.160),

entitled "An act providing for the control and regulation of

outdoor advertising adjacent to the interstate and primary

highway systems within this Commonwealth; providing for

administration by the Department of Transportation to comply

with Federal requirements as a condition to the receipt of

highway funds; fixing penalties and making appropriations,"

further providing for permits.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 7 of the act of December 15, 1971

(P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act

of 1971, amended December 19, 1975 (P.L.565, No.161), is amended

to read:

Section 7.  Permits.--An annual permit shall be required for

each outdoor advertising device regulated by this act and

located outside the limits of those incorporated municipalities

that have legally established and operating procedures for

issuing permits for such outdoor advertising devices which have

been certified by the secretary as conforming to the provisions

of subsection (d) of section 5 of this act. The fee for each

such permit shall be [ten dollars ($10)] one hundred forty

dollars ($140) if the sign area does not exceed three hundred

square feet; [twenty dollars ($20)] one hundred fifty dollars

($150) if the sign area exceeds three hundred square feet but

does not exceed six hundred square feet; and [thirty dollars

($30)] one hundred sixty dollars ($160) if the sign area exceeds

six hundred square feet: Provided, however, That no fee shall be

payable by service clubs or religious organizations. A tag

indicating that a permit has been duly issued shall be provided

by the department and affixed to the device or structure by the

sign owner except in the case of a free permit where the device

or structure is not owned by the service club or religious

organization, the permit shall be affixed thereto by the service

club or religious organization.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.