Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 123, §1, is further amended to read:

A. For the purpose of this subsection, changeable message board signs are those signs in which the message may be electronically, mechanically or manually changed by the complete substitution or replacement of one display by another. The message on changeable message board signs may not be changed more than once in any 4-hour period, unless the sign displays changing information, including messages of news, weather, time and temperature. except that a A public institution of education may change the message on changeable message board signs located on the public institution's premises every 20 minutes.

SUMMARY

This bill allows messages on changeable message board signs to change as frequently as needed to display information on a timely basis.