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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.729 - Fees for sign permits and business licenses; rules.

The Department of Transportation may adopt rules establishing permit fees for purposes of ORS 377.725 and fees for an outdoor advertising business license issued under ORS 377.730. Fees established by the department shall be designed to recover the cost to the department of regulating signs that are outside the right of way of a highway but are visible from the highway. [1985 c.553 §4; 1987 c.336 §1; 2001 c.750 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.730 - License for business of maintaining or erecting signs; fee; application; revocation; suspension.

(1) A person shall not engage in the business of erecting or maintaining outdoor advertising signs for other persons without first obtaining an annual license therefor from the Director of Transportation and paying the annual license fee established by the Department of Transportation by rule as provided in ORS 377.729.
(2) An application for a license or renewal thereof shall be made on a form furnished by the director, shall contain such pertinent information as the director may require and shall be accompanied by the applicable annual fee. A license granted under this section expires on June 30 of each year. The fee shall not be prorated. The director shall by certified mail send to each licensee a notice of expiration of license and a renewal application form not less than 30 days before the date of expiration.
(3) If the director finds that an applicant has knowingly provided materially false or misleading information in the application or that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the director may revoke, suspend for a period of up to one year or refuse to renew the license unless a corrected application is filed or the violation ceases, within 30 days after written notice to do so is mailed to the applicant or licensee. During the suspension of a license, the licensee may continue in business, but shall not erect or reconstruct any sign requiring a permit under ORS 377.700 to 377.844. [1971 c.770 §22; 1973 c.790 §5; 1993 c.741 §57; 2001 c.750 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.735 - Exemptions from sign permit requirements; historic signs; rules.

(1) The permit requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 do not apply to:
(a) Signs of a governmental unit, including but not limited to traffic control signs or devices, legal notices or warnings.
(b) A temporary sign on private property if:
(A) The sign does not exceed 12 square feet;
(B) The sign is not on a permanent base;
(C) The sign does not remain in place for a period of more than 60 days in a calendar year, except that a sign erected by a resident on the resident’s residential property may remain in place for longer than 60 days in a calendar year;
(D) No person receives compensation or anything of value as defined by the Department of Transportation by rule for displaying the sign; and
(E) The sign complies with ORS 377.720.
(2) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules that, for good cause shown, allow a person displaying a temporary sign to obtain a variance from the restrictions in subsection (1)(b) of this section. The department shall not consider the content of the sign in deciding whether to allow a variance.
(3) The department shall adopt rules for the approval and preservation of historic signs. Rules adopted under this subsection may not be based on or allow consideration of the content of the signs.
(4) The department shall adopt rules for the erection and maintenance of permanent signs that do not exceed six square feet and that provide messages for the safety or convenience of the public.
(5) ORS 377.700 to 377.844 do not apply to a sign erected or maintained within a city more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right of way of a state highway, unless the sign is designed to be viewed primarily from the state highway. [1971 c.770 §14; 1973 c.790 §6; 1975 c.336 §5; 1977 c.265 §3; 1987 c.336 §5; 1993 c.741 §58; 1999 c.877 §7; 2007 c.199 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.737 - Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs; rules.

(1) To determine whether a person is giving or receiving, or has given or received, compensation or anything of value as defined by the Department of Transportation by rule for displaying a sign, the department may issue an investigative demand upon any person it reasonably believes may have relevant documents or information.
(2) If any person after being served an investigative demand under subsection (1) of this section fails or refuses to obey the demand, the Department of Transportation may request that the Department of Justice apply to an appropriate circuit court and, after a hearing, request an order requiring compliance with the demand. [2007 c.199 §2]
Note:
377.737 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.740 - ORS 377.700 to 377.844 not intended to authorize signs prohibited by other governmental units.

Nothing in ORS 377.700 to 377.844 and 377.992 is intended to permit a person to erect or maintain any sign that is prohibited by any governmental unit. [1971 c.770 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.745 - Limitation on form and size of signs.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an outdoor advertising sign may not exceed:
(a) A length of 48 feet;
(b) A height, excluding foundation and supports, of 14 feet; or
(c) A sign area of 825 square feet.
(2) In determining the dimensions of an outdoor advertising sign or sign area under this section:
(a) Cutouts that project beyond the borders of an outdoor advertising sign shall be included in measuring the area of a sign, but not the height or length of a sign. The sign area of cutouts shall be no more than 20 percent of the area of the sign to which attached.
(b) The limitations apply separately to each side of a back-to-back sign.
(c) The size limitations apply separately to each sign forming a V-type sign.
(d) The size limitations apply separately to each of the display surfaces on a tri-vision sign.
(3) A nonconforming outdoor advertising sign in existence on May 30, 2007, may continue to exceed the size limitations established in this section until the sign is reconstructed or relocated, at which time the sign must comply with subsection (1) of this section. [1971 c.770 §20; 1973 c.790 §7; 1999 c.877 §8; 2007 c.199 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.750 - Spacing between signs.

(1) For the purpose of applying the spacing provided by subsection (2) of this section:
(a) Distances shall be measured lineally along the highway and parallel to the center line of the highway.
(b) A back-to-back sign, digital billboard, double-faced sign, V-type sign or tri-vision sign shall be considered one sign.
(c) Distance from an interchange shall be measured from a point departing from or entering onto the main traveled way.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, minimum spacing between outdoor advertising signs shall be:
______________________________________________________________________________
Minimum space
between signs Minimum
on same side space from
Type of highway of highway interchange
where erected
(in feet)
(in feet)
Interstate Highway
Inside cities 500 None
Outside cities 2,000 500
Freeway
Inside cities 500 None
Outside cities 1,000 500
Other state highway
Inside cities 100 None
Outside cities 500 None
______________________________________________________________________________
(3) A nonconforming outdoor advertising sign in existence on May 30, 2007, may continue to deviate from the spacing limitations established in this section until the sign is reconstructed or relocated, at which time the sign shall comply with the spacing limitations established in this section. [1971 c.770 §21; 1973 c.790 §8; 1997 c.249 §120; 1999 c.877 §9; 2007 c.199 §12; 2011 c.562 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.753 - Permits for outdoor advertising signs; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 377.715, 377.725 and 377.770, the Department of Transportation may issue permits for outdoor advertising signs placed on benches or shelters erected or maintained for use by customers of a mass transit district, a transportation district or other public transportation agency.
(2) The department shall determine by rule the fees and criteria for the number, size, and location of such signs but the department may not issue a permit for a sign that is visible from an interstate highway. [2007 c.199 §3]
Note:
377.753 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.756 - Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community.

(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue permits for the erection of signs authorized by ORS 377.756 to 377.758. Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, permits shall be issued at no cost to any city or county that applies or to any nonprofit or civic applicant approved by a city or county. Each permit entitles the holder of the permit to erect one sign in accordance with this section.
(2) Each city may be given permits under this section entitling the city to erect signs that are visible from state highways and that are within the city limits or, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with appropriate federal authorities, are no more than one mile outside of the city limits. The permits may be given directly to the city or may be given to a nonprofit or civic organization designated by the city governing body.
(3) Each county may be given permits under this section entitling each unincorporated community identified in the county comprehensive plan, as defined in ORS 197.015, to erect signs that are visible from state highways and that are within one mile of the community growth boundary as designated by the county. The permits may be given directly to the county or, if the county governing body so authorizes, to an unincorporated community or a nonprofit or civic organization designated by the county governing body. [1987 c.631 §2; 2018 c.93 §49]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.757 - Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756; payment of cost of sign.

(1) A sign authorized by ORS 377.756 shall not exceed 48 square feet in size and may not have a vertical or horizontal dimension of more than eight feet. Nothing in this subsection affects size requirements for signs of a governmental unit that are authorized under ORS 377.735.
(2) Signs erected pursuant to ORS 377.756 to 377.758 shall be kept in good repair and shall be clean and attractive.
(3) A county may require an unincorporated community authorized to erect a sign under ORS 377.756 to 377.758 to pay for the cost of erecting and maintaining the sign.
(4) If a city or county obtains a permit under ORS 377.756 for a nonprofit or civic organization, the city or county may require the organization to pay the cost of erecting and maintaining the sign.
(5) Signs erected pursuant to ORS 377.756 to 377.758 shall conform to the provisions of ORS 377.720. [1987 c.631 §§3,4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.758 - Notification by federal authorities of illegal sign; consequences.

If appropriate federal authorities notify the Department of Transportation that the erection of a sign pursuant to any of the provisions of ORS 377.756 to 377.758 is contrary to any federal law, the department shall cease issuing permits and shall cause any signs erected pursuant to ORS 377.756 to 377.758 to be removed. [1987 c.631 §5; 2001 c.104 §128]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.759 - Issuance of relocation credits for removal of outdoor advertising signs from scenic byway; rules.

(1) The Department of Transportation shall administer an incentive program to encourage voluntary removal of outdoor advertising signs from particularly scenic areas of scenic byways.
(2) An owner of an outdoor advertising sign that is visible from a scenic byway may apply to the department for participation in the incentive program. The sign and permit must meet the requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 to qualify for relocation. A sign that is a nonconforming sign for a defect that cannot be remedied upon reconstruction at the same location does not qualify for the incentive program.
(3) If the department determines that the sign is in a particularly scenic area of a scenic byway, the department shall notify the owner that the sign qualifies for the incentive program. If the owner chooses to remove the sign, the owner shall notify the department of the date by which the owner will remove the sign. The removal date must be not later than 90 days after the department’s notification.
(4) The department shall issue two relocation credits to the owner in exchange for the removal of a qualified sign. If the owner also submits an application for relocation of the sign and permit under ORS 377.767, the department may issue the relocation permit and one relocation credit. Any relocation credit or relocation permit issued under the incentive program is subject to all the requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844.
(5) The department shall adopt rules to establish standards to determine whether a sign is in a location that is particularly scenic such that it qualifies for the incentive program. [2009 c.463 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.762 - Issuance of relocation credits for removal of sign.

The Department of Transportation shall issue a relocation credit upon the owner’s request if a sign is removed, the owner has lost the lease for that sign site and the sign and permit meet the requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844. [2009 c.463 §3]
Note:
See note under 377.759.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.763 - Consolidation of relocation credits.

The owner of a relocation credit may combine relocation credits for outdoor advertising signs that have 249 square feet or less of display surface on one side to form a single relocation credit. After the relocation credits are combined, the Department of Transportation shall cancel the smaller relocation credits used to create the combined relocation credit. The first time an owner uses a combined relocation credit, the combined relocation credit is not restricted by the provisions of ORS 377.767 (4). [2009 c.463 §4]
Note:
See note under 377.759.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.765 - Status of previously existing signs; removal upon payment of compensation.

(1) Outdoor advertising signs in existence on May 30, 2007, and lawfully located within commercial or industrial zones in existence on May 30, 2007, and outdoor advertising signs visible from a road or street that is designated as a state highway after May 30, 2007, and lawfully located within a commercial or industrial zone at the time the road or street is designated as a state highway, may remain. Subject to the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, such signs may be maintained, reconstructed and relocated. However, such signs may not be relocated unless a relocation permit has been issued pursuant to ORS 377.767. A permit may not be issued to relocate an outdoor advertising sign that was not lawfully in existence on May 30, 2007, except that outdoor advertising signs that are visible from a road or street that is designated as a state highway after May 30, 2007, and that are lawfully located within a commercial or industrial zone at the time the road or street is designated as a state highway, may be relocated within the same section of highway.
(2) All outdoor advertising signs that are lawfully located outside of a commercial or industrial zone and visible from an interstate highway or a primary highway shall be removed upon payment of just compensation as provided by ORS 377.780.
(3) Upon payment of just compensation, the Department of Transportation may remove any lawful outdoor advertising sign located in a scenic area designated pursuant to ORS 377.505 to 377.540.
(4) Outdoor advertising signs in existence on May 30, 2007, that are lawfully located outside of a commercial or industrial zone in existence on July 1, 1971, and visible from a secondary highway and not within a scenic area existing on July 1, 1971, or thereafter designated a scenic area may be removed only upon payment of just compensation as provided in ORS 377.780. Upon payment of just compensation, the department may remove the outdoor advertising sign. It may not be reconstructed or replaced if destroyed by natural causes and may not be relocated.
(5) If a secondary highway existing on July 2, 1971, is subsequently designated as an interstate or primary highway, upon payment of just compensation, the department may remove outdoor advertising signs not conforming to the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844.
(6) If any other highway is designated as an interstate or primary highway, upon payment of just compensation, the department may remove a nonconforming outdoor advertising sign lawful before such designation but nonconforming thereafter.
(7) Upon the construction or designation of a secondary highway, after July 2, 1971, an outdoor advertising sign lawfully in existence and not regulated under ORS 377.700 to 377.844 prior to such construction or designation is subject to subsection (4) of this section. [1971 c.770 §18; 1973 c.28 §1; 1973 c.790 §11; 1975 c.336 §7; 1993 c.376 §3; 2007 c.199 §13; 2009 c.463 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.768 - Effect of relocation permit on existing sign permit; duty of director.

Notwithstanding ORS 377.700 to 377.844:
(1) Issuance of a permit under ORS 377.767 to relocate an outdoor advertising sign for which a permit has been issued under ORS 377.725 does not cancel the original permit issued under ORS 377.725 except as provided in this section. The applicant for the permit to relocate shall surrender the original permit to the Director of Transportation upon issuance of the permit to relocate. Upon completion of the relocation of the outdoor advertising sign, including the removal of the sign structure from the original site, the person holding the permit for relocation of the sign shall immediately notify the director in writing.
(2) The director shall retain any permit surrendered under subsection (1) of this section. If the director:
(a) Is notified that the relocation of the outdoor advertising sign is completed within 180 days after the issuance of the permit for relocation, the director shall cancel the original permit.
(b) Cancels the permit for relocation because the relocation of the outdoor advertising sign is not completed within 180 days as required under ORS 377.725, the director shall reinstate the original permit for the sign to the person whose permit for relocation of the sign is canceled.
(3) A permit that is reinstated under subsection (2) of this section remains valid and retains all rights under ORS 377.725 of a permit that has not been surrendered under this section. [1979 c.146 §2; 1993 c.741 §59; 2007 c.199 §15; 2009 c.463 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.770 - Signs in protected, commercial or industrial areas.

(1) Signs and outdoor advertising signs erected or maintained within protected areas shall comply with the sign rules for protected areas. If any provision of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 or rules adopted pursuant thereto are more restrictive than the sign rules for protected areas, the more restrictive provision or rule applies.
(2) In addition to the requirements provided by subsection (1) of this section, and subject to ORS 377.505 to 377.540, 377.720, 377.725, 377.745, 377.750 and 377.767:
(a) Outdoor advertising signs lawfully in existence on May 30, 2007, may be maintained, reconstructed or relocated within commercial or industrial zones. Within cities, an outdoor advertising sign may not be erected more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right of way if the sign is designed to be viewed primarily from a state highway.
(b) The Legislative Assembly declares it is the paramount policy of this state to prohibit outdoor advertising signs visible to the traveling public from a state highway except those lawfully in existence on May 30, 2007, in commercial or industrial zones established on May 30, 2007, except as provided by ORS 377.753, 377.765 and 377.767. [1971 c.770 §19; 1973 c.790 §12; 1974 c.33 §5; 1975 c.336 §10; 2007 c.199 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.773 - When sign abandoned; removal.

Any sign that does not have a message on the display surface for a period of six months is deemed to have been abandoned by the owner and is a noncomplying sign subject to removal by the Director of Transportation under the procedure set forth in ORS 377.775. [1974 c.33 §7; 1975 c.336 §11; 1993 c.741 §60; 2007 c.199 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.777 - Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.844.

If the Department of Transportation has issued three or more final orders in a 12-month period finding that a person has violated one or more provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the Director of Transportation may file an action for injunctive relief to enjoin the person, or any other entity substantially controlled or directed by the person, from further violating ORS 377.700 to 377.844. The action may be filed in the Circuit Court for Marion County or in the circuit court of the county that is the principal place of business or residence of the person the director seeks to enjoin. [2001 c.508 §5]
Note:
377.777 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.780 - Removal of outdoor advertising signs; payment of compensation; value determinations.

(1) Where the Department of Transportation elects to remove and pay for a sign visible from secondary highways pursuant to ORS 377.765 (4), upon removal, the department shall pay just compensation.
(2) For the purposes of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the department may acquire by purchase, agreement, donation or exercise of the power of eminent domain land or an interest in land or a sign. The department shall pay just compensation for:
(a) The taking from the owner of such lawfully located sign all right, title, leasehold and interest in such sign; and
(b) The taking from the owner of the real property on which the sign is located the right to place such sign thereon.
(3) When the department is required under ORS 377.700 to 377.844 to make payment therefor to remove a sign, the payment shall be for the value of the items specified by subsection (2) of this section, as determined by the department. In determining value, the department shall use the accepted appraisal method customarily used in such cases or the method prescribed by federal regulations, if any, applicable to such appraisals or payments, whichever results in the lowest valuation. However, in any case, the department shall so appraise such signs or rights taken by whatever method may be required to avoid imposition of a reduction in the amount of federal highway funds the state otherwise would be eligible to receive. [1971 c.770 §16; 1973 c.790 §14; 1975 c.336 §12; 2007 c.199 §19; 2009 c.463 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.787 - Contracts to study traveler information needs; council to establish sign programs; rules.

(1) The Travel Information Council may enter into contractual or other agreements with other governmental agencies of this state or an independent contractor to study various ways of providing information deemed necessary to the traveling public by signs, information centers or other means. The council may also enter into contractual or other agreements with other governmental agencies of this state or an independent contractor for the construction of experimental signs or displays to provide information deemed necessary to the traveling public.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the Travel Information Council shall institute logo sign and motorist informational sign programs on the state highway system and adopt any rules necessary to carry out such programs. [1979 c.478 §§5,7; 2007 c.199 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.790 - Construction, maintenance and operation of tourist and motorist informational signs.

Pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the Department of Transportation and the Travel Information Council:
(1) The department shall furnish, erect and maintain motorist informational signs, logo signs, tourist oriented directional signs and sign plazas as requested by the council. Such signs shall be erected and maintained at locations the council considers appropriate. The department may contract for the furnishing, erection and replacement of all such sign plazas, logo signs, tourist oriented directional signs and motorist informational signs to be erected upon a state highway, in tourist information centers, rest areas or other places.
(2) In carrying out its responsibilities under ORS 377.700 to 377.844 the council may enter into contractual or other agreements with a city, county or other governmental agency of this state or with an independent contractor providing for the erection, maintenance, administration and operation of sign plazas, logo signs, tourist oriented directional signs and motorist informational signs and collection of the permit fees charged therefor, or for other matter authorized under ORS 377.700 to 377.844 requiring council consideration. When soliciting contracts for goods or professional services, the council shall:
(a) Require that an independent contractor, city, county or other governmental agency of the state submit a competitive bid;
(b) Review bids submitted;
(c) Select the contractor; and
(d) Enter into a written contract with the selected contractor, subject to contract specifications established by the department. [1971 c.770 §6; 1973 c.790 §16; 1983 c.111 §3; 1993 c.745 §7; 2003 c.14 §164]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.795 - Allocation of costs of telephone informational system; webpage fee; disposition of receipts.

(1) Whenever the Travel Information Council establishes a telephone reservation system for lodging accommodations or other travel services at a sign plaza, the costs thereof shall be apportioned among the subscribing motels, hotels, trailer parks, campgrounds or providers of other travel services on a per room or other equitable basis.
(2)(a) Whenever the council establishes a tourist and motorist information Internet webpage, or cooperates with the Department of Transportation or another public or private entity to provide information about travel services through an Internet webpage, the council may charge a fee for advertisement by, or information provided on the Internet webpage on behalf of, the providers of travel services.
(b) The council may not place an advertisement for a provider of travel services on an Internet webpage identified as a department webpage. The department may place a link to the council’s Internet webpage on an Internet webpage identified as a department webpage.
(3) If the council and the Department of Transportation decide to use the telephone system or the tourist and motorist information Internet webpage for emergency or other services, an appropriate portion of the overall telephone and Internet costs shall be borne by the department.
(4) Receipts shall be deposited monthly, before the 10th day of the month, to the Travel Information Council account required by ORS 377.840.
(5) The council may enter into one or more contracts providing for the promotion and sale of logos, motorist informational signs, sign plazas, subscriptions to the telephone reservation service and subscriptions to the tourist and motorist information Internet webpage. [1971 c.770 §7; 1973 c.790 §17; 1993 c.745 §8; 2001 c.296 §1; 2003 c.14 §165]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.800 - Tourist and motorist informational signs; logo signs; sign and travel plazas.

(1) For the convenience and information of the traveling public, a person may upon obtaining a permit therefor display messages as may be allowed by rule adopted by the Travel Information Council for the particular type of sign on a motorist informational sign, tourist oriented directional sign or logo sign or at a sign plaza or travel plaza.
(2) The Travel Information Council may not erect a travel plaza on public lands without first obtaining consent from the agency that owns the land. [1971 c.770 §9; 1973 c.790 §18; 1975 c.336 §13; 1983 c.111 §4; 2007 c.199 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.805 - Form of tourist and motorist informational signs; use of logo signs.

(1) The Travel Information Council shall by regulation prescribe the size, shape, color, lighting, and lettering of and manner of displaying messages on tourist oriented directional signs, logo signs and motorist informational signs.
(2) When appropriate, logo signs, tourist oriented directional signs and motorist informational signs shall be displayed in tiers or on panels. With the approval of the Director of Transportation, the council shall specify the types of locations where such a sign or panel may be erected or maintained, and the size, shape, lighting and other characteristics of the panels, including the location of signs thereon. Tiers or panels may be established at reasonably spaced intervals or at sign plazas.
(3) Distinctive signs shall be allowed to the extent considered practicable by the council. Logo signs shall be the primary means used to indicate the availability of one or more brands of motor fuel. Logos shall be of the shape, color and wording customarily used by the company. Logo signs and tourist oriented directional signs shall be placed adjacent to the traveled portion of the highway so as to be easily read by motorists without slowing or stopping. [1971 c.770 §10; 1973 c.790 §19; 1983 c.111 §5; 1993 c.741 §62]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.820 - Application for tourist or motorist informational sign permit; investigation; disposition.

(1) An application for a tourist oriented directional sign, logo sign or a motorist informational sign permit shall be submitted to the Travel Information Council on a form prescribed by the council. The application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant; the name, nature and location of the business or activity; the location where a tourist oriented directional sign, logo sign or a motorist informational sign is desired; and such other information as the council may require. The applicant shall tender with the application the permit fee required under ORS 377.825 for each sign requested.
(2) Upon receipt of an application for a tourist oriented directional sign, logo sign or a motorist informational sign, the council shall refer the application to the Department of Transportation. Upon receipt of the application the department shall do all the following:
(a) Notify any city in which a sign is proposed to be located of the proposed location and composition of the sign and seek comments from the city.
(b) Investigate the facts and make a report to the council with its recommendations thereon.
(c) Not recommend approval of an application unless the requested location conforms to the requirements prescribed by the council under ORS 377.805 and, if applicable, unless the applicant is complying with all statutes and rules of the State Health Officer regarding restaurants and places of public accommodation.
(d) Notify the council promptly in writing of the results of its investigation and its recommendations and the reasons for any recommended disapproval.
(3) If the council approves the application it shall issue the permit and forward the original to the applicant and a copy thereof to the Director of Transportation. If it is not approved, the council shall return the application and fee, stating the reasons for disapproval and giving the applicant opportunity to correct any defects or to be heard within 30 days by the council and to present evidence, with or without counsel at the applicant’s discretion. Upon written request, the council shall hear the matter and notify the applicant of its findings and decision. The applicant may then appeal in the manner provided by ORS chapter 183. [1971 c.770 §24; 1973 c.790 §20; 1983 c.111 §6; 1983 c.523 §1a; 1993 c.741 §63; 2017 c.105 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.825 - Fees for sign applications, maintenance costs and reinstallation.

(1) An applicant for a logo sign, tourist oriented directional sign or a motorist informational sign shall pay to the Travel Information Council an initial permit fee and an annual renewal fee which shall be determined for each year by the council in advance of such year.
(2) The council may establish a fee schedule for maintenance costs.
(3) The council may establish a fee for reinstallation of a sign that has been removed. [1971 c.770 §27; 1973 c.790 §21; 1983 c.111 §7; 1991 c.525 §1; 1999 c.38 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.830 - Limitation on motorist informational sign permits; use of logo signs.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the Travel Information Council shall not issue, for any one place or business eligible therefor, more than two permits for motorist informational or logo signs for one direction of travel on a state highway leading to the place or business. Where a logo is available it shall be used and shall be one of the two allowable signs. [1971 c.770 §11; 1973 c.790 §22; 1983 c.111 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.833 - Public notifications.

(1) The Department of Transportation shall work together with the Travel Information Council, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the Department of State Police, the Secretary of State and owners of digital billboards to develop a public notification plan for the purpose of using digital billboards to display notifications to the traveling public related to civic activities and public safety. Public notifications include but are not limited to information about the Government Waste Hotline established under ORS 177.170, elections, voter registration, Amber Alerts and natural disasters and other emergencies.
(2) The Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the Department of State Police, the Secretary of State and owners of digital billboards, shall prepare a written public notification plan. In preparing the plan, the Department of Transportation shall address:
(a) The criteria to be applied in determining when it is appropriate to request that an owner of a digital billboard display a public notification.
(b) The procedures used to determine the expiration of a notification and to recall the request once the information is no longer needed. [2011 c.562 §7; 2021 c.539 §30]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.836 - Application of certain statutes to Travel Information Council.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of ORS 279.835 to 279.855 and 283.085 to 283.092 and ORS chapters 240, 276, 279A, 279B, 279C, 282, 283, 291, 292 and 293 do not apply to the Travel Information Council. The council is subject to all other statutes governing a state agency that do not conflict with ORS 377.700 to 377.844, including the tort liability provisions of ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and the provisions of ORS chapter 183. Subject to the requirements of ORS chapters 238 and 238A, the council’s employees are members of the Public Employees Retirement System.
(2) The following shall apply to the council:
(a) ORS 279A.250 to 279A.290;
(b) ORS 282.210 to 282.230; and
(c) ORS 293.235, 293.240, 293.245, 293.611, 293.625 and 293.630. [1993 c.745 §4; 1997 c.249 §122; 2003 c.733 §77; 2003 c.794 §268; 2012 c.107 §63]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.838 - Authority of executive director of Travel Information Council.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in carrying out the duties, functions and powers of the Travel Information Council, the executive director of the Travel Information Council may contract with any state agency for the performance of such duties, functions and powers as the council considers appropriate.
(2) The executive director may not, without the prior approval of the council:
(a) Award any contract for goods or professional services in excess of $25,000; or
(b) Authorize any expenditure of moneys in excess of $25,000.
(3) The council shall file with the Governor, the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Fiscal Officer an annual report of the activities and operations of the council. [1993 c.745 §5; 1993 c.741 §64b; 2011 c.630 §3; 2017 c.105 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.839 - Authority of Travel Information Council.

The Travel Information Council created under ORS 377.835 may:
(1) Erect, improve, repair, maintain, equip and furnish buildings, structures and lands as the council determines is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under ORS 377.700 to 377.844; and
(2) Acquire, receive, hold, control, convey, sell, lease, lend, manage, operate, improve and develop any and all property, real or personal, as the council determines is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under ORS 377.700 to 377.844. [2012 c.63 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.842 - Refreshments at roadside rest areas; rules.

(1) The Travel Information Council shall establish by rule a permit program allowing nonprofit organizations to provide free cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages at roadside rest areas managed by the council pursuant to ORS 377.841. Cookies offered under the program must come from a licensed facility. Rules adopted under this section may not restrict the program to any particular days of the year.
(2) An organization may apply for a permit to provide cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages at a rest area managed by the council by submitting a written request to the council. The request shall specify the day on which the organization wishes to offer the cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages and the specific rest area where they will be offered.
(3) The council shall issue a permit to the selected organization in advance of the date for which the permit is issued. If there is more than one request for the same date and the same place, the council shall select one organization by random drawing and shall issue the permit to that organization.
(4) The council may not issue more than one permit for the same time and place.
(5) An organization that receives a permit shall confine distribution of cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages to an area of the rest area designated in the permit or by the rest area attendant. The organization may not obstruct access to any building or other structure in the rest area.
(6) An organization providing cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages may accept donations at the rest area while providing cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages.
(7) An organization may post signs identifying the organization and the activity, provided that each sign is not more than 10 square feet in area and there are not more than two signs. The signs may be placed only on vehicles used in connection with the provision of cookies, coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages or located in the area designated for the activity.
(8) The council may revoke the permit of any organization that fails to comply with the provisions of this section or with rules adopted by the council to implement the provisions of this section. [2009 c.865 §33; 2012 c.63 §10; 2015 c.339 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.844 - Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety.

(1) In addition to any other persons permitted to enforce violations, the executive director of the Travel Information Council and any person specifically designated by the executive director may issue and serve citations to any person for violation of a rule adopted under ORS 366.493.
(2) The authority granted under this section is limited to violations that occur at roadside rest areas the council is responsible for managing under ORS 377.841.
(3) A citation issued under this section shall substantially conform to the requirements for a citation under ORS chapter 153. [2011 c.328 §1; 2017 c.105 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.845 - Use of funds by Department of Transportation after repayment of highway fund.

After the Travel Information Council has repaid the State Highway Fund for all moneys advanced or owed it may then utilize any funds received in excess of expenses to reimburse the Department of Transportation for such part of the cost of providing public service information in sign plazas in rest areas as the council may decide and also for the acquisition of outdoor advertising signs located outside of commercial or industrial zones adjacent to secondary highways. The Travel Information Council may enter into such agreements with the department as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. [1975 c.336 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.880 - Informational materials in roadside rest areas; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "nonprofit organization" means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) A nonprofit organization may supply to the Department of Transportation, the State Parks and Recreation Department and the Travel Information Council copies of informational materials about human trafficking.
(3) The organization may not charge the agencies for the informational materials.
(4) The informational materials may not include information on topics other than human trafficking. The materials must be limited in content to objectively verifiable information, except that the materials may include logos, symbols, graphics or similar devices, and must include the following:
(a) At least one toll-free hotline telephone number;
(b) At least one hotline text messaging number; and
(c) Translated versions of the information in languages other than English that are most commonly spoken in this state.
(5) The form of the informational materials must include, but need not be limited to, posters.
(6) Except as provided in this subsection, each agency described in subsection (2) of this section shall allow informational materials to be posted in conspicuous locations in each roadside rest area that the agency manages, including, but not limited to, in each rest room stall. If an agency determines that the materials have offensive or inappropriate content, the agency may refuse to display the materials or otherwise assist in distributing the materials.
(7) Each agency described in subsection (2) of this section may administer a volunteer program to assist with posting and maintaining the informational materials described in this section. Each agency may adopt rules it considers necessary for the implementation of the volunteer program. [2017 c.646 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs › Section 377.885 - Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund.

(1) The Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation to pay for the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of ORS 377.880. The fund consists of moneys appropriated or transferred to the fund and moneys received under subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The department may receive gifts, grants or contributions from any source, whether public or private, to carry out the provisions of ORS 377.880. Moneys received under this subsection shall be deposited in the Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund. [2017 c.646 §3]