Signs, markers, and advertising - Tourist attractions.

(a) Upon the request of the Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel, the Director of the State Department of Transportation may cause to be constructed and erected along state highways appropriate directional markers designating major tourist attractions of Alabama.

(b) The Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel shall determine the attractions to be so designated and shall upon the recommendation of the Director of the State Department of Transportation determine the number of markers needed and the location of such markers.

(c) Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be paid from that portion of the proceeds of the privilege license tax levied on lodgings by Chapter 26 of Title 40, earmarked for state travel advertising and travel promotion by the Bureau of Tourism and Travel for tourist advertising and shall be paid upon warrants drawn by the state Comptroller, upon the approval of the Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel, not to exceed $10,000.00 per fiscal biennium.

(d) This section shall not be construed as repealing the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 41 which prohibit the purchase of advertising in newspapers, magazines, programs, or other periodicals published in the state with funds appropriated for tourist advertising.

(Acts 1967, No. 217, p. 583.)