Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§6, ¶¶C and E, as amended by PL 1995, c. 390, §1, are further amended to read:

C. Contains, includes or is illuminated by a flashing, intermittent or moving light or lights, except as provided in subsection 11 11-A;

E. Moves, has any animated or moving parts or has the appearance of movement, except as provided in subsection 11 11-A.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11, as amended by PL 1999, c. 123, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11-A is enacted to read:

11-A.__Changeable signs.__Notwithstanding subsection 6, paragraphs C and E, changeable signs are not prohibited as long as the sign complies with all the terms of this subsection.__The Department of Transportation shall administer the provisions of this subsection unless the municipality in which the sign is located and the Department of Transportation have agreed in writing that the municipality shall oversee that particular sign.

A.__As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

(1)__"Changeable sign" means an on-premise sign created, designed, manufactured or modified in such a way that its message may be electronically, digitally or mechanically altered by the complete substitution or replacement of one display by another on each side.

(2)__"Color" includes black, white and all shades of gray.

(3)__"Display" means that portion of the surface area of a changeable sign that is, or is designed to be or is capable of being periodically altered for the purpose of conveying a message.

(4)__"Lot of record" means a lot for which the deed was legally recorded, or which was created by a plan legally recorded, in the registry of deeds for the county where the lot is located.__Contiguous lots of record in the same ownership are considered one lot.