1. (a) An acknowledgment sign must comply with the requirements of the TMUTCD, including the size and format requirement.
2. (b) Regulatory, warning, and guidance signs take precedence over an acknowledgment sign.
3. (c) An acknowledgment sign will be placed near the site for which the associated donation was offered.
4. (d) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, acknowledgment signs will be placed at least 1 mile apart from each other if facing in the same direction and associated with the same highway related purpose.
5. (e) An acknowledgment sign may not be appended to any other sign, sign assembly, or other traffic control device.
6. (f) Acknowledgment sign installation must comply with all applicable department standards.

7. (g) If a donation is made for a rest area or travel information center the vendor:

   1. (1) may install one acknowledgment sign for each direction of travel on the highway mainline; and
   2. (2) may install an acknowledgment sign in the rest area or travel information center if that sign is not visible to the highway mainlane traffic and does not pose a safety risk to the rest area or travel information center users.

Source Note:The provisions of this §12.355 adopted to be effective February 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 1001; amended to be effective February 20, 2014, 39 TexReg 999.