In an effort to promote and assist South Carolina facilities that have an interest in educating, sharing, and selling their programs and products to the general public, the Department of Transportation is directed to create and supervise a coordinated, self-funded, statewide program related to providing directional signs along certain of the state's rural conventional highways and noninterstate scenic byways leading to agritourism and tourism-oriented facilities. The statewide program shall be operated according to standards and regulations consistent with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices authorized to be adopted and promulgated by the Department of Transportation. The standards and regulations may provide for the use of official logos developed by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture in compliance with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The standards and regulations also may provide for cooperative agreements between the department and private interests for the administration of the program and for the use and display of names for tourism and agritourism information signs on the highway right of way.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 224, Section 1, eff June 18, 2012.
Editor's Note
2012 Act No. 224, Section 2, provides as follows:
"The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism must develop logos to be utilized for the signage authorized by this act. The logos developed may be used by those departments for other promotional purposes associated with tourism and agritourism."
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising
Section 57-25-10. Unlawful to display, place, or affix posters within right-of-way.
Section 57-25-15. Highway signs.
Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited.
Section 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee.
Section 57-25-110. Short title.
Section 57-25-120. Definitions.
Section 57-25-130. Declaration of purpose.
Section 57-25-150. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs; fees.
Section 57-25-160. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.
Section 57-25-170. Information signs on highway right-of-way.
Section 57-25-185. Department to promulgate regulations.
Section 57-25-220. Rule of construction.
Section 57-25-410. Definitions.
Section 57-25-420. Information required on signs.
Section 57-25-430. Permitted outdoor advertising signs.
Section 57-25-440. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs.
Section 57-25-450. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.
Section 57-25-470. Compensation for removal of signs.
Section 57-25-480. Information signs within right-of-way.
Section 57-25-490. Agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation.
Section 57-25-500. Rule of construction.
Section 57-25-610. Definitions.
Section 57-25-630. Information required on signs.
Section 57-25-640. Permitted outdoor advertising signs.
Section 57-25-650. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs.
Section 57-25-660. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.
Section 57-25-680. Compensation for removal of signs.
Section 57-25-690. Information signs within right-of-way.
Section 57-25-700. Markers; agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation.
Section 57-25-710. Rule of construction.
Section 57-25-800. Definitions.
Section 57-25-830. Submission of application; costs, installation, and maintenance of signs.