| (a) A nonprofit service club, charitable association,
religious organization, chamber of commerce, economic development
council, nonprofit museum, or governmental entity may obtain a permit
under this section to erect or maintain a nonprofit sign.
(b) To qualify as a nonprofit sign, the sign must:
(1) advertise or promote:
(A) a political subdivision in whose jurisdiction the
sign is located or a political subdivision that is adjacent to such
a political subdivision; or
(B) the entity that will hold the permit, but may only
give information about the meetings, services, events, or location
of the entity or provide a message that relates to promotion of all
or a part of the political subdivision but that does not include identification
of individual merchants; and
(2) comply with each sign requirement under this subchapter
from which it is not expressly exempted.
(c) An application for a permit under this section
must be in a form prescribed by the department and must include, in
detail, the content of the message to be displayed on the sign.
(d) After a permit is issued, the permit holder must
obtain approval from the department to change the message of the sign.
The department may issue an order of removal of the sign if the permit
holder fails to obtain that approval.
(e) If a sign ceases to qualify as a nonprofit sign,
the permit for the sign is subject to cancellation under §21.425
of this subchapter (relating to Cancellation of Permit).
(f) If the holder of a permit issued under this section
loses its nonprofit status or wishes to change the sign so that it
no longer qualifies as a nonprofit sign the permit holder must:
(1) obtain a license under §21.153 of this chapter
(relating to License Issuance) or §21.450 of this subchapter
(relating to License Issuance); and
(2) convert the sign permit to a permit for a sign
other than a nonprofit sign and pay the original permit and renewal
fees provided by §21.424 of this subchapter (relating to Permit
Fees).
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