306C.21 - INFORMATION CENTERS AND REST AREAS.

        306C.21  INFORMATION CENTERS AND REST AREAS.         The department may establish or enter into agreements with private      persons, firms, or corporations for the establishment of information      centers in rest areas on the interstate, freeway primary, and primary      highways, subject to the approval of the appropriate authority of the      federal government.  After January 1, 1997, private persons, firms,      or corporations entering into an agreement with the department under      this section shall not develop, establish, or own any commercial      business located on land adjacent to the rest area which is subject      to the agreement.         An interstate rest area shall be located entirely on the      interstate right-of-way, including, but not limited to, all entrance      and exit ramps, all rest area buildings including information      centers, and all parking facilities.  Department money and resources      shall not be used for any other type of interstate rest area.      Whenever an interstate rest area is reconstructed, the area available      for parking shall be equal to or more than the area available for      parking prior to the reconstruction.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 306C.21] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         97 Acts, ch 76, §1