PRINTER'S NO.  2245

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1551

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, McILHINNEY AND TOMLINSON, JUNE 5, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 5, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in scenic byways, providing for the

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designation of the 8.6 mile U.S. Route 202 Parkway between

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State Route 63 (Welsh Road) and State Route 611 in Montgomery

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and Bucks Counties as a scenic byway.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 8309.  Designation of U.S. Route 202 Parkway as scenic byway.

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(a)  General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,

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historic, recreational, cultural, natural and archeological

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characteristics, the 8.6 mile U.S. Route 202 Parkway between

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State Route 63 (Welsh Road) in Montgomery Township and State

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Route 611 in Doylestown Township is hereby designated as a

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scenic byway.

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(b)  Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,

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as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971

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

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of 1971, may be erected:

 


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(1)  within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-

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way; or

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(2)  more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the

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right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible

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from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the

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purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the

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main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:

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(i)  the official signs and notices which are

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required or authorized by law and which conform to the

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national standards promulgated by the Secretary of

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Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C.

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§ 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);

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(ii)  outdoor advertising devices advertising the

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sale or lease of the real property upon which they are

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located;

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(iii)  outdoor advertising devices advertising

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activities conducted on the property on which they are

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located, including devices which display a message that

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may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic

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process or remote control; and

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(iv)  directional signs, including, but not limited

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to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and

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historical attractions and other points of interest to

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the traveling public which conform to the national

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standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation

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of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131.

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

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