HOUSE AMENDED

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

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

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 2012   

AN ACT

Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in scenic byways, providing for the

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

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

and Bucks Counties as a scenic byway; and designating a

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bridge on that portion of U.S. Route 202 Parkway over

Pennsylvania Route 309, Montgomery Township, Montgomery

County, as the Chief Richard J. Brady Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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

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

historic, recreational, cultural, natural and archeological

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

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

Route 611 in Doylestown Township is hereby designated as a

scenic byway.

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

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

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

of 1971, may be erected:

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

way; or

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

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

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

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

main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:

(i)  the official signs and notices which are

required or authorized by law and which conform to the

national standards promulgated by the Secretary of

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

§ 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);

(ii)  outdoor advertising devices advertising the

sale or lease of the real property upon which they are

located;

(iii)  outdoor advertising devices advertising

activities conducted on the property on which they are

located, including devices which display a message that

may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic

process or remote control;

(iv)  directional signs, including, but not limited

to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and

historical attractions and other points of interest to

the traveling public which conform to the national

standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation

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

(v)  signs approved by the department designating the

route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with

department requirements.

Section 2.  The bridge on U.S. Route 202 Parkway over

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Pennsylvania Route 309 in Montgomery Township, Montgomery

County, is designated as the Chief Richard J. Brady Bridge. The

Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain

appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic

in both directions.

Section 2 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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