The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, or any government official or employee whom he may delegate, is hereby authorized to order, after the ten (10) days referred to in § 38b of this title shall have elapsed, that the advertisement or sign concerned be eliminated, erased, removed or destroyed. Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of §§ 38a—38e of this title shall be obliged to pay for the expenses incurred in the removal of the advertisement or the sign unlawfully kept or installed. The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, or his delegate, shall notify the person who violates the provisions of §§ 38a—38e of this title about the affixing of the fair and necessary costs to be incurred in the removal of the advertisement or sign unlawfully maintained or installed, prior to the order for removal. If said advertisement or sign is not eliminated, erased, removed or destroyed within ten (10) days from the day following the notice of the order to eliminate, erase, remove or destroy it, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, or his delegate, shall finally proceed to dispose of it.The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, after iminate, erase, remove or destroy it, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, or his delegate, shall finally proceed to dispose of it.The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, after the removal of the sign or advertisement, shall use any lawful remedy to cause the corresponding payment to be made; Providing, That the funds obtained shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury. History —Sept. 28, 1961, No. 5, p. 395, § 3; July 27, 1974, No. 251, Part 2, p. 250, § 1; June 24, 1975, No. 80, p. 259, § 5; May 30, 1979, No. 53, p. 113.
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