Pennsylvania Act 1996-82 — TRANSPORTATION (74 PA.C.S) - AMEND EXTON BYPASS AS SCENIC BYWAY

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TRANSPORTATION (74 PA.C.S) - AMEND EXTON BYPASS AS SCENIC BYWAY
                  Act of Jul. 2, 1996, P.L. 497, No. 82               Cl. 74
                             Session of 1996
                               No. 1996-82

     HB 2336

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, providing for the designation of the
        Exton Bypass as a Scenic byway.

        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:
      § 8302.  Designation of Exton Bypass as scenic byway.
        (a)  General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
     historic, recreational, cultural and archeological
     characteristics, the middle portion of U.S. 30 (Bypass),
     commonly known as the Exton Bypass, is 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 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:
            (1)  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);
            (2)  outdoor advertising devices advertising the sale or
        lease of the real property upon which they are located;
            (3)  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; and
            (4)  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.
        Section 2.  This act shall be retroactive to December 22,
     1995.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 2nd day of July, A. D. 1996.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE