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Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Relating to Guide Signs on Highways’
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Policy and specifications relating to guide signs on all roads open to public travel. Resolved: That the Department of Transportation, referred to in this resolve as "the department," and the Maine Turnpike Authority, referred to in this resolve as "the authority," shall develop a proposed policy and specifications relating to guide signs that will be consistent with the national standard for installing traffic control devices, including guide signs, on all roads open to public travel. For the purposes of this resolve, the national standards for installing traffic control devices, including guide signs, are in the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and are developed by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and be it further
Sec. 2 Participants. Resolved: That the department and the authority may invite interested parties to participate in the development of the proposed policy and specifications under section 1 as needed; and be it further
Sec. 3 Duties. Resolved: That, after the update to the national standards for guide signs during the summer of 2013, the department and the authority shall examine the new national standards and develop recommendations to do one of the following:
1. Adopt the revised 2013 national standards, including any subsequent amendments, as the standard for all traffic control devices, including guide signs, in the State;
2. Adopt the national standards, including any subsequent amendments, for all traffic control devices, including guide signs, with a state supplement that is in substantial conformance with the revised 2013 national standards; or
3. Adopt a state manual on uniform traffic control devices, including guide signs, that is in substantial conformance with the revised 2013 national standards, including any subsequent amendments; and be it further
Sec. 4 Report. Resolved: That, by January 15, 2014, the department and the authority shall separately or jointly submit a written report of the findings under this resolve and any recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. The Joint Standing Committee on Transportation may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature relating to the subject matter of the report.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which strikes and replaces the resolve, directs the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority to develop a proposed policy and specifications relating to guide signs on all roads open to public travel after an update to the national standards for guide signs during the summer of 2013. The department and the authority are directed to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than January 15, 2014. The amendment also gives the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation authority to submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature relating to the subject matter of the report.
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