HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

Senate Bill No. 736

AN ACT concerning

State Highways - Outdoor Signs

FOR the purpose of providing that a permit from the State Highway
Administration is not required to erect or maintain an
outdoor sign that advertises the sale in season of fresh
produce by a property owner or a person with certain
permission of the property owner under. certain
circumstances; providing that a certain outdoor sign may
not be erected or maintained for more than a certain period
of time; providing for the removal of a certain outdoor sign
at certain times; and generally relating to an exception
from the requirement of a certain permit for certain outdoor
signs.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 8-714

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

8-714.

(a). Whether or not the person must be licensed under Part
II of this subtitle, a person may not erect or maintain any
outdoor sign outside the limits of any municipal corporation and
within 500 feet of a State highway, unless the person has a
permit issued by the Administration for that sign.

(b) A permit is not required under this section to erect or
maintain any outdoor sign:

(1)  That is used only to advertise the sale or lease
of the property on which it is located;

(2)  That is on or within 100 feet of any building or
the entrance to any building in which the business advertised is
carried on;