72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 3471
 
                         House Bill 3615
 
Sponsored by Representative FLORES (at the request of Oregon
  Lodging Association)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Provides that upon transfer of jurisdiction over state highway
from Department of Transportation to other road authority, Travel
Information Council retains authority over certain signs.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to signs.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2003 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 377.700 to 377.840. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As part of the negotiation process between
the Department of Transportation and another road authority
concerning transfer of jurisdiction over a state highway from the
department to the other road authority, the department shall
identify any tourist oriented directional signs and logo signs on
the state highway that will be affected by the transfer. If there
are such signs, the department shall notify the Travel
Information Council of the proposed transfer of jurisdiction.
  (2) When signs described in subsection (1) of this section are
identified, the road authority that will receive jurisdiction
over the state highway shall, as part of the negotiation process,
agree in writing to protect the signs from destruction or
removal.  The transfer of jurisdiction may not take place until
the receiving road authority has entered into the written
agreement described in this subsection.
  (3) After the transfer of jurisdiction, the Travel Information
Council shall retain authority over signs on the highway as
though the highway were still a state highway.
  (4) After a transfer of jurisdiction over a state highway from
the department to another road authority, the council shall
notify the receiving road authority of any request for a new sign
and shall request approval of the sign's location from that road
authority. + }
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