Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1102, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 259, §1, is repealed and the following is enacted in its place:

§1102.__Offensive names prohibited

1.__Place in State may not have offensive name.__A place in this State may not have or be given an offensive name.

2.__Sign on interstate highway or Maine Turnpike may not contain offensive name.__A sign placed by the State on an interstate highway or the Maine Turnpike may not contain an offensive name.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1201, sub-§13, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c. 154, is amended to read:

13. Moosehead Lake Region. Such sign shall must be constructed and maintained on the Maine Turnpike at the first reasonable opportunity northerly from the York exit and shall must be worded as follows:

Moosehead Lake Region -- Squaw Big Moose Mountain -- 4 1/2 hours;

Sec. 3. Commissioner of Transportation shall replace signs. The Commissioner of Transportation shall replace a sign that is in violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 1102 with a sign that contains proper place names no later than 30 days after the effective date of this Act.

SUMMARY

This bill provides that a sign placed by the State on an interstate highway or the Maine Turnpike may not contain an offensive name, as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 1101. The bill directs the Commissioner of Transportation to replace a sign that violates this provision with a sign that contains proper place names no later than 30 days after the effective date of the bill.