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| | | An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Changeable Signs |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 268, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | A. As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | (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. |
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| | | (2) "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. |
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