Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 1981, c. 318, §4, is amended to read:

5. Interstate highways. Not more than one on-premise on- premises sign, advertising the sale or lease of the property, may be permitted on land adjacent to any portion of the interstate system, including ramps and interchange areas, which that is visible therefrom.

Not more than one on-premise on-premises sign visible from any portion of the interstate system, including ramps and interchange areas, may be permitted more than 50 feet from the principal building or structure where the business, facility or point of interest is carried on.

No on-premise on-premises advertisement, located more than 50 150 feet from the principal building or structure where the business, facility or point of interest advertised is carried on, may exceed 20 feet in lenght, length or width or 25 feet in height or 150 250 square feet in area, including border and trim, but excluding supports.

Any on-premise on-premises sign located more than 50 feet from the principal structure where the business, facility or point of interest is carried on that displays any trade name which that refers to or identifies any service rendered or product sold shall must display the name of the advertised business, facility or point of interest as conspicuously as such trade name.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 268, §3, is amended to read:

11-A. Changeable signs. Notwithstanding subsection 6, paragraphs C and E, changeable 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 department have agreed in writing that the municipality shall oversee that particular sign.

A. As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

(1) "Changeable sign" means an on-premise on-premises 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.