PRINTER'S NO. 1183
No. 1073 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY S. H. SMITH, HUTCHINSON, DININNI, D. R. WRIGHT,
COY, GRUPPO, PITTS, DIETTERICK, GEIST, DOMBROWSKI, HERMAN AND
DISTLER, APRIL 8, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 8, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 15, 1971 (P.L.596, No.160),
2 entitled "An act providing for the control and regulation of
3 outdoor advertising adjacent to the interstate and primary
4 highway systems within this Commonwealth; providing for
5 administration by the Department of Transportation to comply
6 with Federal requirements as a condition to the receipt of
7 highway funds; fixing penalties and making appropriations,"
8 further providing for permits.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 7 of the act of December 15, 1971
12 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
13 of 1971, amended December 19, 1975 (P.L.565, No.161), is amended
14 to read:
15 Section 7. Permits.--An annual permit shall be required for
16 each outdoor advertising device regulated by this act and
17 located outside the limits of those incorporated municipalities
18 that have legally established and operating procedures for
19 issuing permits for such outdoor advertising devices which have
20 been certified by the secretary as conforming to the provisions
1 of subsection (d) of section 5 of this act. This section shall
2 not apply to an outdoor advertising device that advertises for a
3 business located on the same premises as the device. The fee for
4 each such permit shall be ten dollars ($10) if the sign area
5 does not exceed three hundred square feet; twenty dollars ($20)
6 if the sign area exceeds three hundred square feet but does not
7 exceed six hundred square feet; and thirty dollars ($30) if the
8 sign area exceeds six hundred square feet: Provided, however,
9 That no fee shall be payable by service clubs or religious
10 organizations. A tag indicating that a permit has been duly
11 issued shall be provided by the department and affixed to the
12 device or structure by the sign owner except in the case of a
13 free permit where the device or structure is not owned by the
14 service club or religious organization, the permit shall be
15 affixed thereto by the service club or religious organization.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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