PUBLIC Law Chapter 482

certain connector highways where it is necessary to establish

continuity for logo signs erected on the Maine Turnpike. A logo

sign may include only logos for gas, food, lodging ~~and~~, camping and

attractions. Applications from at least 3 qualified businesses

must be approved before installation of a logo sign panel at an

exit. Logos for 2 or more types of service may be displayed on the

same sign panel. More than one logo sign panel may be installed at

an exit only when 3 or more qualified businesses are available for

each of 2 or more types of service. The number of logo sign panels

at an exit may not exceed one for each type of service or a total

of 4 5 for all types of services. Rules adopted under this section

must regulate the size, shape, manner and location of logo signs

and must describe the procedure for applying to the department for

permission to erect a logo sign and the criteria used by the

department to select among applicants. The commissioner shall

establish ~~an initial fee~~ fees for the production and placement of a

logo sign and an annual ~~fee~~ fees to cover the maintenance costs.

~~Fees charged must approximate direct costs.~~

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 195,
§1, is further amended to read:

B. The display on each side of a changeable sign:

(1) May be changed no more than once every 20 minutes,
unless the municipality in which the sign is located
adopts an ordinance to the contrary and notifies the
Department of Transportation in writing of that
ordinance.__If a municipal ordinance is adopted, the
municipality is responsible for the administration of
that ordinance;

(2) Must change as rapidly as technologically
practicable, with no phasing, rolling, scrolling,
flashing or blending, unless the municipality in which
the sign is located adopts an ordinance to the contrary
and notifies the Department of Transportation in
writing of that ordinance. If a municipal ordinance is
adopted, the municipality is responsible for the
administration of that ordinance. Notwithstanding this
subparagraph, a municipality may not adopt an ordinance
that allows the sign to flash; and

(3) May consist only of alphabetic or numeric text on
a plain background and may not include any graphic,
pictorial or photographic images.

Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2005, c. 314,
§12, is further amended to read:

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