(a)

1. (1) The Beautification Section of the Environmental Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation will be responsible for the administration and fee collection for the TODS Signing Program.
2. (2) The Beautification Section will provide application forms, rules, fee schedules, and design and specification standards to all interested parties.
3. (3) Applications will be submitted to: Beautification Section of the Environmental Division Arkansas Department of Transportation P.O. Box 2261 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Telephone Number: (501) 569-2088

(c) Cost.

1. (1) TODS signs shall be furnished to the department in accordance with department specifications.
2. (2) The TODS signs shall be furnished by the businesses or activities at no cost to the department.
3. (3) The department will provide information to applicants pertaining to sign companies that manufacture TODS signs.

(d) Replacement.

1. (1) Upon notice from the department, businesses or activities will provide new TODS signs to replace signs which become faded, damaged, destroyed, or otherwise need replacement as determined by the department.
2. (2) The replacement signs will be provided at no cost to the department.

(e) Selection of eligible businesses, activities, or sites.

1. (1) The department will notify potential qualifying tourist-oriented activities in writing and/or by public notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the county where the TODS intersections are located.
2. (2) If there is not enough space on TODS sign structures to accommodate all businesses, activities, or sites that desire to display signs, those businesses, activities, or sites closest to the particular intersection will be selected.
3. (3) If, subsequently, a business, activity, or site exists or is constructed closer to the intersection than the one being displayed on the TODS sign structure, the business, activity, or site on the TODS sign structure may continue to display until such time as they no longer desire to do so or fail to pay any applicable fees.