39-204 Informational signs; erection; conform with rules and regulations; minimum service requirements.
39-204. Informational signs;erection; conform with rules and regulations; minimum service requirements.(1) Signs, displays, and devices giving specific informationof interest to the traveling public shall be erected by or at the directionof the Department of Roads and maintained within the right-of-way at appropriatedistances from interchanges on the National System of Interstate and DefenseHighways and from roads of the state primary system as shall conform withthe rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department to carryout this section and section 39-205. Such rules and regulations shall be consistentwith national standards promulgated from time to time by the appropriate authorityof the federal government pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 131(f).(2) For purposes of this section, specific information ofinterest to the traveling public shall mean only information about camping,lodging, food, attractions, andmotor fuel and associated services, including trade names.(3) The minimum service that is required to be available foreach type of service shall include:(a) Motor fuel services including:(i) Vehicle services, which shall include fuel, oil, and water;(ii) Restroom facilities and drinking water;(iii) Continuous operation of such services for at least sixteenhours per day, seven days per week, for freeways and expressways and continuousoperation of such services for at least twelve hours per day, seven days perweek, for conventional roads; and(iv) Telephone services;(b) Attractionservices including:(i) An attraction of regional significance with the primary purposeof providing amusement, historical, cultural, or leisure activity to the public;(ii) Restroomfacilities and drinking water; and(iii) Adequate parking accommodations;(c) Food services including:(i) Licensing or approval of such services, when required;(ii) Continuous operation of such services to serve at least two meals per day, six daysper week;(iii) Modernsanitary facilities; and(iv) Telephoneservices;(d) Lodging services including:(i) Licensing or approval of such services, when required;(ii) Adequate sleeping accommodations; and(iii) Telephone services; and(e) Camping services including:(i) Licensing or approval of such services, when required;(ii) Adequate parking accommodations; and(iii) Modern sanitary facilities and drinking water. SourceLaws 1975, LB 213, § 9; Laws 1987, LB 741, § 1; R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-634.01; Laws 1993, LB 370, § 22; Laws 2010, LB926, § 1.Effective Date: July 15, 2010