1. (1) The department shall:

   1. (a) design, erect, and maintain welcome and farewell signs within Montana at the nearest practical location to the border of the state where each federal-aid interstate highway, except interstate 90 at the Montana-Idaho border in Mineral County, and each federal-aid primary highway enters or leaves Montana;
   2. (b) select locations for the signs consistent with the requirements for public safety and maximum visibility and with all applicable provisions of federal law; and

   3. (c) subject to the exception in this subsection (1), complete the construction and erection of welcome and farewell signs:

      1. (i) on the four interstate highways and on highway 212 in Carter County before July 1, 1991; and
      2. (ii) on the remainder of the primary highways at the earliest possible date.
2. (2) However, nothing in this section prevents the department from constructing and erecting signs on the remaining primary highways before July 1, 1991.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 621, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 363, L. 1995.