An Act To Make Changes to and Clarify Maine Traveler Information Services Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1721
Committee Amendment CA_A_H716 (House)
Amends: 23 MRSA §1902, 23 MRSA §1903

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Make Changes to and Clarify Maine Traveler Information Services Laws" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1902, sub-§§3 and 4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1981, 
c. 318, § 1, are amended to read: 
3. 
Control outdoor advertising. Prohibit and control the indiscriminate use of 
outdoor advertising; aHd 
4. Protection of scenic beauty. Enhance and protect the natural scenic beauty of the 
State~; and 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1902, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. Preserve public safety. Ensure that signs are erected in substantial compliance 
with national standards.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §1903, sub-§10-B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 63S, §I, is 
amended to read: 
to-B. Producer. "Producer" means a person who produces, cultivates, grows or 
harvests an agrioultural produot farm and food products, as defined in Title 7, section 
41S, subsection 1, paragraph B.' 
Amend the bill in section 6 in § 1913-A in subsection 1 by striking out all of 
paragraphs J and K (page 2, lines 18 to 36 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'J. Signs erected by a producer that direct travelers to the location where farm and 
food products, as defined in Title 7, section 41S, subsection 1, paragraph B, are 
grown, produced and sold. A producer that sells farm and food products from a 
location with frontage on a numbered state highway may not erect a sign pursuant to 
this paragraph adjacent to that highway. A sign must be directional in nature, may 
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not exceed 8 square feet in size and must be located within 5 miles of where the farm 
and food product is sold. A producer may not erect more than 4 signs pursuant to this 
paragraph, and the total number of signs erected by that producer pursuant to this 
paragraph and section 1911, subsection 2 may not exceed 6; and 
K. Signs erected for a farmers' market, as defined in Title 7, section 415, subsection 
1, paragraph A, as long as the signs are directional in nature. A farmers' market may 
not erect more than 4 signs pursuant to this paragraph, and the total number of signs 
erected by that farmers' market pursuant to this paragraph and section 1911, 
subsection 2 may not exceed 6. A farmers' market may erect a banner over a public 
way if the farmers' market obtains municipal approval and complies with rules 
adopted pursuant to this chapter.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8 (page 8, lines 7 to 18 in L.D.) and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 8. 23 MRSA § 1925, as amended by PL 2011, c. 344, §31, is further amended 
to read: 
§1925. Administration of chapter 
+he Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commissioner shall administer 
this chapter. The commissioner may employ, subject to the Civil Service Law, clerical 
and other assistants required for the administration of this chapter. The commissioner 
may delegate to personnel of the Department of Transportation the authority to administer 
this chapter. 
The commissioner may shall adopt rules to administer the various 
provisions of this chapter that are consistent with the provisions of this chapter for the 
implementation of this chapter that are substantially compliant with the Manual on 
Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal Highway Administration and 
other national engineering standards. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine 
technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. The commissioner may 
execute contracts and other agreements to carry out the purposes of this chapter. 
The Maine Turnpike Authority shall implement and administer the provisions of this 
chapter relating to signs on the Maine Turnpike in accordance with section 1965.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds complying with national standards to the purpose and policy 
provisions of the Maine traveler information services laws. Instead of repealing the term 
"producer," as proposed in the bill, the amendment redefines the term to include "farm 
and food products" instead of "an agricultural product," which is in the current law. The 
amendment removes the requirement that signs for farm and food products advertise only 
products that are grown, produced and sold on the premises and are available for 
immediate purchase and that signs for farmers' markets advertise only the farm and food 
products that are available for purchase at the farmers' market. The amendment requires 
the Commissioner of Transportation to adopt rules that are substantially compliant with 
the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, published by the Federal Highway 
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Administration, and other national standards. 
Lastly, the amendment provides that 
provisions of those laws relating to signs on the Maine Turnpike are to be implemented 
and administered by the Maine Turnpike Authority. 
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