The Department of Transportation, acting on the recommendations of the Oklahoma Tourism Signage Advisory Task Force, established in Section 2284 of this title, may design, construct, erect and select the location of guide signs along the highways in this state. However, each person, firm, organization or entity approved for a guide sign shall be responsible for furnishing all materials for said signs in accordance with a general design and guidelines to be issued by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. All signs shall be uniform in structure, style and design. All signs shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as published by the Federal Highway Administration Division of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
All signs will be under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Maintenance and replacement of all signs, for whatever reason, shall be the sole responsibility of the entity sponsoring the sign.
The Oklahoma Tourism Signage Advisory Task Force shall review any administrative rules regulating tourist-oriented directional signs and recommend, and the rule-making entity shall promulgate, an expansion of attractions and points of interest that, in addition to those specified as historic or cultural, a lake, a park, or as a site of natural scenic beauty or suited for outdoor recreation, are directed to the touring public for promoting economic development to local areas and provide for eligibility for qualification for any such person, firm, organization or entity to the sign program.
The task force shall meet to develop such recommendation prior to January 1, 2007. The task force shall meet at least once a year thereafter for purposes of reviewing the functions and effectiveness of the tourist-oriented directional sign program.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 86, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 113, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.