PRINTER'S NO. 1956
No. 1549 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, BLAUM, BELARDI, McCALL, BEBKO-JONES,
CAPPELLI, COSTA, CREIGHTON, DeWEESE, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL,
GEIST, GERGELY, GOODMAN, HERSHEY, JAMES, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN,
LESCOVITZ, MARKOSEK, MELIO, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, ROBERTS,
BELFANTI, CLYMER, COY, DALEY, EACHUS, FICHTER, GABIG, GEORGE,
GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HORSEY, KELLER, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEVDANSKY,
McGEEHAN, MUNDY, PISTELLA, REICHLEY, SCRIMENTI, SOLOBAY,
TIGUE, WANSACZ, YOUNGBLOOD, PALLONE, SHANER, SURRA, WALKO,
WOJNAROSKI, YUDICHAK AND HASAY, JUNE 5, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 5, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the designation of the
3 Governor Robert P. Casey Highway as a scenic byway.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 8303. Designation of the Governor Robert P. Casey Highway as
9 scenic byway.
10 (a) General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
11 historic, recreational, cultural and archeological
12 characteristics, the portion of U.S. Route 6, between the
13 intersection of U.S. Route 6 with Route 81 in Dunmore Borough,
14 Lackawanna County and the intersection of Business Route 6 in
15 Carbondale Township, Lackawanna County, totaling 15.53 miles,
1 commonly known as the Governor Robert P. Casey Highway, is
2 designated as a scenic byway.
3 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
4 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
5 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
6 of 1971, may be erected if the sign is visible from the main-
7 traveled way of the scenic byway and the purpose of the sign is
8 that its message be read from the main-traveled way of the
9 scenic byway, except:
10 (1) the official signs and notices which are required or
11 authorized by law and which conform to the national standards
12 promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation of the United
13 States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131 (relating to control of
14 outdoor advertising);
15 (2) outdoor advertising devices advertising the sale or
16 lease of the real property upon which they are located;
17 (3) outdoor advertising devices advertising activities
18 conducted on the property on which they are located,
19 including devices which display a message that may be changed
20 at reasonable intervals by electronic process or remote
21 control; and
22 (4) directional signs, including, but not limited to,
23 signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical
24 attractions and other points of interest to the traveling
25 public which conform to the national standards promulgated by
26 the Secretary of Transportation of the United States pursuant
27 to 23 U.S.C. § 131.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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