[Elecraft] Fwd: ARLB013 Pennsylvania Becomes 27th State with PRB-1 Law on Books

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>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB013
>ARLB013 Pennsylvania Becomes 27th State with PRB-1 Law on Books
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>QST de W1AW
>ARRL Bulletin 13  ARLB013
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  October 9, 2008
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB QST ARL ARLB013
>ARLB013 Pennsylvania Becomes 27th State with PRB-1 Law on Books
>
>On Wednesday, October 8, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell (D)
>signed into law a bill that guarantees radio amateurs the right to
>erect antenna support structures up to 65 feet without the need for
>a Special Use Permit.
>
>The bill passed in the House with a vote of 196-1; it passed in the
>Senate with a vote of 49-1.  The new law is scheduled to go into
>effect December 8, 60 days after signing.
>
>Senate Bill 884 (now Act 88), An Act amending Title 53
>(Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
>Statutes, Restricting Municipalities from Regulating Amateur Radio
>Service Communications, was first introduced on June 1, 2007 by
>Pennsylvania Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf (R) who represents
>portions of Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
>
>The bill requires local municipalities to "reasonably accommodate
>amateur radio service communications, and to impose only the minimum
>regulations necessary to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the
>municipality" and says that "no ordinance, regulation, plan or any
>other action shall restrict amateur radio antenna height to less
>than 65 feet above ground level, but a municipality may impose
>necessary regulations to ensure the safety of amateur radio antenna
>structures, but must reasonably accommodate amateur service
>communications."
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