Sec. 4. (a) Notwithstanding IC 8-23-20, IC 9-21-5, and section 5 of this chapter, a city or town may, by ordinance, authorize and pay for signs to be erected along the routes of state highways if the following conditions are met:
(1) The sign is an information sign stating only that a famous person is or was a resident of that city or town.
(2) The sign conforms to the manual on traffic control devices standards for historical signs.
(3) A copy of the sign ordinance is sent to the bureau of the Indiana department of transportation.
(b) The commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation may, within sixty (60) days after the effective date of an ordinance adopted under subsection (a), prohibit the erection of or cause removal of the sign if the bureau finds that the sign:
(1) creates a traffic hazard; or
(2) expresses a commercial or partisan political message.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-28(d); (e).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
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