Vermont § 486 - Official directional signs

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§ 486. Official directional signs

  • (a) The Agency of Transportation, under the direction of the Travel Information Council,
    shall furnish, erect, and maintain official business directional signs licensed under
    this chapter at locations specified in the license. The Agency of Transportation
    may contract for the satisfaction of all or any portion of its duties under this subsection.
    That furnishing, erection, and maintenance are declared to be for highway purposes
    under Title 19 and any amendments thereto. (b) The Agency of Transportation shall furnish, erect, and maintain certain official directional
    signs at interstate highway exits wherever the exit is five miles or less from the
    nearest State Police office or barracks. These exit signs shall bear the words “State
    Police,” with an indication of the distance to the State Police office or barracks. (c) The Travel Information Council may enter into such contractual or other arrangements
    as it may consider appropriate under all the circumstances with any town or city of
    this State, providing for the erection and maintenance of official business directional
    signs and the fees charged therefor, within that town or city, which may be distinctive
    to that town or city, or providing for the administration of such official business
    directional signs, or for any other matter arising under this chapter which the Council
    considers appropriate to be administered by that town or city; provided, however,
    that any such arrangement or agreement, and all actions taken thereto, shall comply
    with this chapter and with the regulations adopted hereto. (Added 1967, No. 333 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 92, § 4, eff. April 19, 1969; 1975, No. 60; 1983, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)

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Section 486 ("Official directional signs") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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