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REFERENCE TITLE: traffic control signs; state highways |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HB 2543 |
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Introduced by Representatives Carter, Williams: Senator Nelson
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AN ACT
amending section 28‑642, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to traffic control signs.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-642, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-642. Traffic control signs on state highways; rules; museum signage
A. The director shall place and maintain traffic control devices that conform to the manual and specifications prescribed in section 28‑641 on all state highways as the director deems necessary to indicate and to carry out this chapter or to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
B. A local authority shall not place or maintain a traffic control device on a highway under the jurisdiction of the director except by the director's permission.
C. In cooperation with local authorities, the director shall synchronize traffic control signals on a state highway that has a traffic flow exceeding fifteen thousand motor vehicles per day in a vehicle emissions control area as defined in section 49‑541.
D. The director shall adopt rules pursuant to title 41, chapter 6 to establish criteria for the installation and maintenance of directional signs for universities prescribed in section 15‑1601, for community colleges as defined in section 15‑1401 and for the campus of a regionally accredited college or university.
E. The director may establish procedures and criteria for the approval, installation and maintenance of directional signage on state highways for nonprofit museums that have at least one hundred thousand visitors annually and that are qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the united states internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes. No state monies shall be spent for installation, upkeep or maintenance of the museum signage.