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Title
10
:
Conservation and Development
Chapter
021
:
TOURIST INFORMATION SERVICES
§
484. Travel information council; creation, membership, terms
(a) The travel
information council is created to administer the provisions of this chapter.
The agency of transportation shall be responsible for the administration and
maintenance of the official business directional sign program, information
plazas and other tourist information facilities deemed appropriate by the
council. The agency of commerce and community development shall be responsible
for the collection and distribution of travel information, as deemed
appropriate by the council.
(b) The travel
information council may make rules, consistent with this chapter relating to
the determination of locations for official business directional signs and to
all other matters necessary and appropriate to the administration of this
chapter. In making those rules it shall give consideration to the adequacy of
information provided by highway directional signs and the preservation of
scenic and aesthetic values and shall consult with the agency of transportation
as to matters of highway safety. It shall determine whether official business
directional signs at a particular location shall be displayed in tiers or upon
panels. It shall advise the agency of commerce and community development on
policies and matters pertaining to collection and distribution of tourist
information.
(c) The travel
information council shall have seven members, one the secretary of commerce and
community development or his or her designee, who shall chair the council and
six appointed members as follows: one representing the lodging industry, one
the restaurant industry, one the recreation industry, one the agency of
transportation, one the general public and one agriculture. The six appointed
members shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate with
the six initially appointed members appointed as of the effective date of this
chapter, with three initial members appointed for one year terms, and three for
two year terms. Three appointed members shall be appointed biennially
thereafter. The members are eligible for reappointment.
(d) The travel
information council shall designate, in each state transportation district, a
person to represent business, a person to represent the public, and a person to
represent the district planning or development agencies as a committee to act
for it in those districts in considering applications for signs and the
location thereof. The members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of
the council, and a majority of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the
conduct of any business. A person aggrieved by a decision of a committee may
ask for and shall be granted a hearing before the travel information council
and may appeal on questions of law to the superior court under Rule 74 of the
Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure from a decision of the council. (1967, No. 333
(Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 92, § 2, eff. April
19, 1969; 1971, No. 115, § 1, eff. April 26, 1971; 1983, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), §
3; 1993, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a), (b).)