PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the requirements for the installation and maintenance of certain required signs used on rail fixed guideway systems.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that publication of the entire text of the material that is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here.

1. (1) All safety, directional, warning, and train control signs used on rail fixed guideway systems shall be made of aluminum or other noncorrosive material and covered with a retroreflectorized material to show the same shape and color by day or night. The retroreflectorized material used shall meet or exceed the minimum levels specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) (2009 Edition including Revisions 1 and 2), which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), 400 7th Street SW, Room 3408, Washington, DC 20590, website: https://mutcd. fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/mutcd2009r1r2edition.pdf. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions of this manual.
2. (2) The signs shall be maintained in a reasonably clean condition and replaced when they have been impaired by wear or damage. Sign retroreflectivity shall be assessed and maintained according to the minimum retroreflectivity standards of the MUTCD (2009 Edition including Revisions 1 and 2), which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the FHWA, USDOT, 400 7th Street SW, Room 3408, Washington, DC 20590, website: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot. gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/mutcd2009r1r2edition.pdf. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions of this manual.
3. (3) Notwithstanding section (1) of this rule, the division may require the use of appropriate illumination for the signs.

AUTHORITY: sections 389.1005 and 622.027, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 265-9.050. Original rule filed Nov. 4, 1992, effective June 7, 1993. Amended: Filed June 22, 1998, effective Feb. 28, 1999. Moved and amended: Filed Nov. 20, 2006, effective June 30, 2007. Amended: Filed Oct. 6, 2017, effective May 30, 2018. Amended: Filed Dec. 9, 2022, effective July 30, 2023.

*Original authority: 389.1005, RSMo 1996, and 622.027, RSMo 1985, amended 1993, 1995.