(a) Request. A person may submit a request in writing
to hold an event at a travel information center. Requests will be
approved in the order in which the orders are received.
(b) Agreement. Before a person may hold an event at
a travel information center, the person must enter into a written
agreement with the department agreeing to abide by the requirements
of this section.
(c) Activity. All events at a travel information center
or its facilities shall be conducted in a manner that will cause the
least interference with the travel information center's operations.
(d) Restrictions. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited
in a travel information center or its facilities and on the premises
of the center. Any item, including food or drink, that is offered
at the travel information center as part of an event, must be given
free of charge to all visitors at the travel information center.
(e) Signs. The person hosting the event at a travel
information center:
(1) must receive prior approval of the director or
the director's designee of each sign to be used for the event, including
advance signs advising motorists of the event;
(2) may not attach a sign to the travel information
center or a highway sign or place a sign so that it interferes with
the travel information center's operation or the view from the roadway
of a highway sign;
(3) shall prominently display a sign indicating that
all items provided are free of charge to all visitors of the travel
information center; and
(4) except for the sign required under paragraph (3)
of this subsection, shall limit the signs used to only those necessary
to identify the person hosting the event and to ownership signs that
are permanently affixed to trailers, vehicles, tents, and other equipment
that are directly used for holding the event.
(f) Services. The department will not furnish utilities
unless the department expressly agrees to do so in the written agreement
required for the event.
(g) Cleanup. The person hosting the event is solely
responsible for the cleanup of all facilities used for the event.
(h) Compliance. The department will monitor compliance
with the requirements of this section. The department may immediately
cancel event activities on the failure to comply with those requirements.
The department may use a person's non-compliance as the basis for
refusing future requests.
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