PRINTER'S NO. 736
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
685
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, BULLOCK AND V. BROWN, MARCH 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in nuisances, further providing for
the offense of posting advertisements on property of another.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6503 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6503. Posting advertisements on property of another.
(a) [Offense] Offenses defined.--
(1) A person [is guilty of] commits a summary offense if
he pastes, paints, brands or stamps or in any manner
whatsoever places upon or attaches to any building, fence,
bridge, gate, outbuilding or other object, upon the grounds
of any charitable, educational or penal institution of the
Commonwealth, or upon any property belonging to the
Commonwealth government, any political subdivision, or
municipal or local authority, any written, printed, painted
or other advertisement, bill, notice, sign or poster, or
pastes, paints, brands, stamps or in any manner whatsoever
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places upon, or attaches to any building, fence, bridge,
gate, outbuilding or property of another, whether within or
without the limits of a highway, any written, printed,
painted or other advertisement, bill, notice, sign, card or
poster, without first having obtained the written consent of
the owner, or tenant lawfully in possession or occupancy
thereof.
(2) (i) A person commits a summary offense if he causes
an unsolicited newspaper, magazine, advertising circular,
handbill, flyer, advertising supplement, coupon, leaflet,
pamphlet or other related material to be deposited into
or upon the property of another within a city of the
first class.
(ii) The advertising materials of scientific,
charitable, religious, educational or literary
institutions are not exempt from this paragraph.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) of this section shall not
prevent the posting or placing of any notice required by law or
order of court, nor to prevent the posting or placing of any
notice particularly concerning or pertaining to premises upon
which the same is so posted or placed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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