PRINTER'S NO. 2676
No. 2074 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, TRELLO, BARRAR, BROWNE, BUNT, M. COHEN,
CORRIGAN, CURRY, LEDERER, RAMOS, STABACK, STEELMAN, WALKO,
WILLIAMS, LAUGHLIN, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, PISTELLA, WATERS,
YOUNGBLOOD AND SOLOBAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 16, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for local authority to erect
3 traffic-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] Except as provided in paragraph (3), local
17 authorities shall obtain approval of the department prior to
1 erecting an official traffic-control device on a State-
2 designated highway except where department regulations
3 provide otherwise.
4 (2) [Local] Except as provided in paragraph (3), local
5 authorities shall obtain approval of the department prior to
6 erecting any traffic signal except in a municipality with a
7 traffic engineer qualified in accordance with department
8 regulations.
9 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
10 a local authority may erect a stop sign on a highway within
11 its boundaries without the approval of the department.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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