An Act To Allow Businesses To Place a Sign at the Topsham Mall Exit on Interstate 295
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1869
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: CROSBY
Amends: 23 MRSA §1201

Legislative Document 
No. 1869 
H.P.1309 
House of Representatives, January 3, 2006 
An Act To Allow Businesses To Place a Sign at the Topsham Mall 
Exit on Interstate 295 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 28,2005. Referred to the Committee on 
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative CROSBY of Topsham. 
Printed on recyc led purer 
17/~/J?~ 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 23 MRS A §1201, sub-§38, as amended by PL 1993, c. 612, 
§1, is further amended to read: 
38. 
Bates College. 
Bates College. 
The 
signs must 
be 
provided by Bates College. 
The Maine Turnpike shall erect one 
sign on the side of the northbound lanes between exits 16 ~ and 
1~ ~ and one sign on the side of the southbound lanes north of 
exit 1~~. The Maine Turnpike Authority is responsible for the 
maintenance of the signs; aBa 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1201, sub-§39, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 612, 
§2, is amended to read: 
39. 
Saco Plaza; facilities at former bit 5. 
Saco Plaza. 
Signs for the facilities permitted by Title 23, section 1967, 
subsection 
must 
be 
installed 
and 
maintained 
along 
the 
northbound 
and 
southbound 
lanes 
of 
the 
Maine 
Turnpike 
at 
appropriate locations leading to and at the former exit 5 of the 
Maine Turnpike. 
The signs must be provided and maintained by the 
Maine Turnpike Authority. 
The signs must be paid for by the 
Department 
of Administrative 
and 
Financial 
Services 
and 
the 
owners or operators of any facilities described in the signs. 
The 
Department 
of Administrative 
and 
Financial 
Services 
and 
owners 
or operators 
of 
the facilities 
may 
decide 
upon 
the 
division of expenses. 
One 
sign along the northbound lanes and one sign along the 
southbound lanes must incorporate the SiBlJle single-colored or 
multicolored logos or designs used by the hotel or convention 
center operator. 
These signs must briefly describe the services 
available to the traveling public~~ 
Sec.3. 23 MRSA §1201, sub-§40 is enacted to read: 
40. 
Topsham Fair Mall. 
Topsham Fair Mall. 
The signs must 
be installed and maintained along the northbound and southbound 
lanes of Interstate 295 at appropriate locations leading to and 
at exits 31. 31A and 31B of Interstate 295. 
The signs must be 
provided and maintained by the department. 
The signs must be 
paid for by the owners or operators of any facilities described 
in the signs. 
One 
sign along the northbound lanes and one sign along the 
4.6 
rumLhbound 
lanes 
must 
incorporate 
the 
single-colored 
or 
multicolored logos or designs used by the operator. 
These signs 
must briefly describe the services available to the traveling 
public. 
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SUMMARY 
This bill allows businesses to pay the cost to put a sign at 
the Topsham exits on Interstate 295.