Tennessee § 4-3-2307 Travel and tourism signage programs

Tennessee Statutes

§ 4-3-2307 — Travel and tourism signage programs

(a)The commissioner is authorized to develop guidelines for municipal tourism/wayfinding informational signage programs. Such guidelines may include, but are not limited to, construction, placement and safety standards. The commissioner is urged to consult with interested municipalities in the development of this program. Such municipalities may participate in the development of such guidelines; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any municipality to participate in, or undertake construction of, a municipal tourism/wayfinding information signage program.

(b)The commissioner of transportation is authorized to develop guidelines for optional county/municipal tourism/wayfinding informational signage programs within any municipality having a population in e

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(a) The commissioner is authorized to develop guidelines for municipal tourism/wayfinding informational signage programs. Such guidelines may include, but are not limited to, construction, placement and safety standards. The commissioner is urged to consult with interested municipalities in the development of this program. Such municipalities may participate in the development of such guidelines; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any municipality to participate in, or undertake construction of, a municipal tourism/wayfinding information signage program. (b) The commissioner of transportation is authorized to develop guidelines for optional county/municipal tourism/wayfinding informational signage programs within any municipality having a population in excess of one hundred fifty-five thousand (155,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, or within any county. Such guidelines may include, but are not limited to, construction, placement and safety standards. The commissioner is urged to consult with interested parties within any county or municipality desiring to participate in the development of this program. Such county or municipality may participate in the development of such guidelines; provided, that nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed as requiring participation or to undertake construction of a county/municipal tourism/wayfinding information signage program. (c) The department of transportation is hereby authorized to remove any signs from the federal interstate highway system within any participating county or municipality that were installed as a result of acts or resolutions of the Tennessee general assembly; provided that the entity or facility which is signed agrees in writing that the entity or facility's interstate guide sign and any associated ramp sign may be removed as part of the overall plan for the tourism/wayfinding informational signage program implemented by such county or municipality.

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