Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties
60-2-220. Cultural heritage areas -- signs -- location and design -- funding

60-2-220. Cultural heritage areas -- signs -- location and design -- funding. (1) Cultural heritage areas are established:
(a) encompassing Silver Bow County and Deer Lodge County;
(b) encompassing Miles City.
(2) Subject to the provisions of federal law, the department shall, as funds are available under subsection (4), erect and maintain at specified locations on the primary and interstate highways in the appropriate areas signs identifying those areas as cultural heritage areas.
(3) The consolidated governments of Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deer Lodge and the city of Miles City shall design the signs and designate the general locations for the signs. The department shall determine the exact location of each sign.
(4) The department may accept money from other state agencies, federal agencies, local governments, or private persons for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) and may expend the money received for those purposes.
(5) As used in this section, "department" means the department of transportation provided for in 2-15-2501.
History: En. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 127, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 422, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 497, L. 2005.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 60. Highways and Transportation

Chapter 2. State Administration

Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties

60-2-201. General powers of department

60-2-202. Duties of department

60-2-203. Maintenance responsibility

60-2-204. Maintenance agreements with local governments

60-2-205. Powers of department with respect to highways not located entirely within the state

60-2-206. Compilation of statistics -- investigation -- consultation

60-2-207. Agreements concerning analysis of effects of weight on highways

60-2-208. Seeding along highways

60-2-209. Description and plan of new highway or reconstructed or controlled-access facility

60-2-210. Payment of construction and maintenance costs within municipalities

60-2-211. Bypassing of municipalities -- consent of municipal governing body

60-2-212. reserved

60-2-213. Interstate emergency maintenance service agreements

60-2-214. and 60-2-215 reserved

60-2-216. Repealed

60-2-217. Signs identifying mountain ranges -- scenic loop highways -- costs -- responsibility of department

60-2-218. Welcome and farewell signs -- design, erection, maintenance -- completion date -- exceptions

60-2-219. Department authorized to accept and expend funds for welcome and farewell signs

60-2-220. Cultural heritage areas -- signs -- location and design -- funding

60-2-221. Renumbered 60-2-241

60-2-222. Terminated

60-2-223. Terminated

60-2-224. Repealed

60-2-225. Department to maintain projects website

60-2-226. through 60-2-239 reserved

60-2-240. Use of postconsumer recycled materials in highway construction projects

60-2-241. Prohibited materials

60-2-242. Markers -- commemorative highways

60-2-243. Repealed

60-2-244. Human trafficking hotline -- posted notice required at rest areas

60-2-245. Construction projects -- project impacts -- notice