It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections 24-15-3 and 24-15-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-15 entitled "SCENIC HIGHWAYS" are hereby amended to read as follows:
24-15-3.Designation as a scenic highway. -- The director, or the governing body of any municipality, may apply to the board for the designation of any highway under its jurisdiction as a scenic highway. The board shall approve or deny the application for designation of a highway as a scenic highway submitted under this subsection{DEL . DEL}{ADD ; provided, however, that prior to any approval or denial of any application, the board shall notify the owners of the properties fronting the application area that said application has been filed and shall also provide the fronting property owners with an opportunity to attend a public hearing. ADD}
24-15-4. Withdrawal of highways from scenic highways system. -- After holding a public {ADDhearing ADD} {DEL meeting DEL}, the director, or the governing body of any municipality, which has jurisdiction over a scenic highway may apply to the board for the removal of a highway from the scenic highway system. The board shall approve or deny the application for removal of the highway from its designation as a scenic highway{DEL . DEL} {ADD ; provided, however, that no application for removal of a highway or road, or portion thereof, from the scenic highways system, shall be approved unless the owners of a majority of the lineal lot frontage abutting the highway or road agree to the removal by filing an application with the director or governing municipal body, within the sixty (60) days immediately preceding the application, a written statement or statements agreeing to the removal.
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage, and shall apply to all applications for designation or removal then pending.
