Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 734 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY DIVISION
Division 26 - ROADSIDE MEMORIAL SIGN PROGRAM
Section 734-026-0020 - Definitions

(1) "Applicant" means the individual or organization seeking to commemorate a police officer killed in the line of duty or person killed in action or who died as a result of wounds received in action while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, and named in and signing the application.

(2) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Transportation.

(3) "Firefighter" means any fire or forestry department employee or authorized fire department volunteer, vested with the duty of preventing or combating fire or preventing the loss of life or property by fire.

(4) "Gold Star Family member" means a person who is a parent, sibling, spouse or dependent of a person who was killed in action during an armed conflict while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(5) "MUTCD" means the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted in OAR 734-020-0005.

(6) "Region Traffic Engineer" means a professional engineer employed by the Department who by training and experience has comprehensive knowledge of the Department's traffic engineering standards, policies, and procedures.

(7) "Roadside Memorial Sign" means a sign including the name of the police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty or person killed in action or who died as a result of wounds received in action while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States and complying with the requirements of the MUTCD.

(8) "Sibling" includes siblings of the whole or half blood and siblings by adoption, marriage or domestic partnership.

(9) "State Highway System" means the public way for vehicular travel that is under the jurisdiction of the Department. It also includes medians, highway shoulders, improvements appurtenant to the highway, such as support or tunnel structures, bicycle ways or sidewalks, and right of way used for the operation of the roadway.

(10) "State Traffic Engineer" means a professional engineer, or designated representative, employed by the Department in charge of the Department's traffic engineering standards, policies, and procedures.

(11) "Armed Forces of the United States" has the meaning given that term in ORS 348.282.