PURPOSE: This rule provides the specifications of the signs used in the Adopt-A- Highway Program.

1. (1) The signs shall—

   1. (A) Identify the adopter, but are not intended to be, an advertising medium or serve as a means of providing a public forum for the participants;
   2. (B) Be designed by the department as to size, color, and text; and
   3. (C) Have the actual name of the adopter with no telephone numbers, logos, slogans or addresses, including internet addresses, with verbiage kept to a minimum.
2. (2) The signs shall not contain wording which is obscene, profane, or sexually suggestive or implies an obscenity, profanity or sexual content.
3. (3) The erection of a sign is not a requirement for participation in the program. If a sign is damaged, destroyed, stolen, or removed from its foundation by an act of vandalism, the department will provide and erect a replacement sign at department cost. If the replacement sign is damaged, destroyed, stolen or removed from its foundation by an act of vandalism, the department will provide and erect one additional replacement sign at department cost. If the second replacement sign is damaged, destroyed, stolen, or removed from its foundation by an act of vandalism, no further sign will be provided or erected.
4. (4) Two (2) signs will be erected for each adopter, one at each end of the adopted section, at a location determined by the department.

AUTHORITY: section 227.030, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed Feb. 15, 1995, effective July 30, 1995. Emergency amendment filed July 10, 2000, effective July 20, 2000, expired Nov. 17, 2000. Amended: Filed July 10, 2000, effective Jan. 30, 2001. *Original authority: 227.030, RSMo 1939.