238.267. Projects, regulation of--treatment as part of state or local system, when. - Missouri Statutes

Projects, regulation of--treatment as part of state or localsystem, when.

238.267. 1. For the purpose of law enforcement, alldistrict projects to be transferred to the commission shall betreated as commission highways under chapter 43, RSMo, and allprojects to be transferred to a local transportation authorityshall be treated as streets or roads of that entity.

2. All laws of this state relating to the maintaining,signing, damaging and obstructing roads shall apply to districtprojects. The duties and powers imposed by such laws on certainofficials shall devolve upon the district's engineer or otheremployee designated by the board. Nothing in this subsectionshall be deemed to interfere with, restrict or limit theauthority of the commission to govern and control highwaymarking, signalization and signing to the extent the commissionis authorized by law.

3. For outdoor advertising and junkyard control purposes, adistrict project may be designated by the commission as a partof the state primary highway system and by a localtransportation authority as a part of its street or road system.

(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 62)

Effective 5-30-90