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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-661" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Construction and Maintenance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “traffic control device” has the meaning stated in § 11–167 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration shall establish a policy that allows for the installation of decorative treatments on traffic control devices that have been marred by graffiti or vandalism that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Illicit writings or drawings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Illegal postings; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Blight from incomplete mitigation of graffiti.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may apply to the appropriate district office within the Administration for a permit to install a decorative treatment, including a digitally printed vinyl wrap or paint, on a traffic control device.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the requirements of this section, a district office may issue a permit to install a decorative treatment on a traffic control device within the jurisdiction of the district office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration shall adopt regulations for the installation of decorative treatments that prohibit decorative treatments from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Interfering with the operation or maintenance of a traffic control device; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Obstructing access to and ventilation of a traffic control device.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Administration shall adopt viewpoint and content neutral regulations that provide the minimum requirements for decorative treatments.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A decorative treatment may not:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Contain an advertisement;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Contain an image or a description of graphic violence;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Contain profanity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Contain pornography, obscene material, or images of nudity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Demean or disparage an individual or a group of individuals;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Violate a copyright or any other legal ownership interest; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>Unnecessarily engage the attention of drivers or cause driver distraction.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration may adopt any additional regulations necessary to implement this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
