2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §28-7311  Logo sign programs; rules; definitions

A. The department may establish a logo sign program. Notwithstanding sections 28-648, 28-7048 and 28-7053, as part of the program the department may contract with a third party to install and maintain specific services information signs, known as logo signs, on certain portions of the completed interstate highway system in this state. The third party shall agree in the contract to:

1. Furnish, install, maintain and replace signs for the benefit of business advertisers who provide gas, food, lodging, attraction and camping facilities for the general public.

2. Lease advertising space on the signs to operators of the facilities prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection.

B. In addition to the program established in subsection A of this section, the department may establish a rural logo sign program. Notwithstanding sections 28-648, 28-7048 and 28-7053, as part of this program the department may contract with a third party to install and maintain specific services information signs, known as logo signs, on any class of state highway, other than a segment of the interstate highway system, located outside of an urbanized area with a population of one hundred thousand or more persons. The third party shall agree in the contract to:

1. Furnish, install, maintain and replace signs for the benefit of business advertisers that provide gas, food, lodging, attraction and camping facilities for the general public.

2. Lease advertising space on the signs to operators of the facilities prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection.

C. The department shall adopt rules to implement and operate the logo sign programs. Costs incurred under the programs established by this section shall be paid under agreements negotiated between the third party and the business advertisers.

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Population" means the population determined in the most recent United States decennial census or in the most recent special census as provided in section 28-6532.

2. "Urbanized area" means an urbanized area as defined in the decennial census by the United States bureau of the census.

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