HB0279 - Billboard reductions.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0599

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0279

 

 

Billboard reductions.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to outdoor advertising; providing for the
 2  reduction in size of billboards as specified; conforming
 3  provisions; providing for the dismantling and removal of
 4  noncompliant billboards as specified; repealing the
 5  requirement for payment of compensation; and providing for
 6  an effective date.

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 8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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10         Section 1.  W.S. 24-10-106(a), (b)(intro) and by
11  creating a new subsection (m), 24-10-107(b) and
12  24-10-109(a)(iii) and by creating a new paragraph (iv) are
13  amended to read:

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15         24-10-106.  Size, lighting and spacing; where signs
16  may be erected.

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 1         (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
 2  minimum standards and criteria for the size, lighting and
 3  spacing of outdoor advertising, and the criteria for
 4  unzoned commercial or industrial zones or areas within the
 5  controlled area along the interstate and primary systems
 6  designated in W.S. 24-10-104 shall conform to those
 7  promulgated and submitted by the secretary of
 8  transportation to the congress of the United States on or
 9  about January 10, 1967.

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11         (b)  No sign face within the state of Wyoming, erected
12  and permitted under W.S. 24-10-107(b) prior to April 1,
13  2001, shall exceed the following limits:

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15         (m)  No sign face within the state of Wyoming,
16  permitted under W.S. 24-10-107(b) and erected on or after
17  April 1, 2001, shall exceed one hundred fifty (150) square
18  feet. Any sign face exceeding one hundred fifty (150)
19  square feet and permitted prior to April 1, 2001, shall be
20  reduced in size to comply with the limitations in this
21  section no later than January 1, 2010, or the sign shall
22  otherwise be dismantled and removed. No compensation shall
23  be paid for any sign that is dismantled and removed to be
24  in compliance with this section.

 

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 2         24-10-107.  Permits and identification tags.

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 4         (b)  Permits shall be for three (3) years, shall be
 5  assigned a permit number, and shall be renewed annually
 6  thereafter upon payment of five dollars ($5.00) without the
 7  filing of a new application. On or after April 1, 2001, new
 8  permits shall only be issued for outdoor advertising signs,
 9  displays or devices that do not exceed a sign face of one
10  hundred fifty (150) square feet. All fees shall be paid
11  into the state highway fund. All such fees collected shall
12  be used by the commission for relocation or damages, but
13  not for administrative purposes.

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15         24-10-109.  What outdoor advertising deemed unlawful;
16  procedure for removal.

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18         (a)  The following outdoor advertising is deemed
19  unlawful:

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21              (iii)  When a permittee fails to comply with a
22  notice of violation as provided in W.S. 24-10-108;. or

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 1              (iv)  Effective January 1, 2010, signs, displays
 2  and devices exceeding the size limits specified in W.S.
 3  24-10-106(m) shall not be allowed and such signs, displays
 4  and devices shall be dismantled and removed no later than
 5  January 31, 2010.

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 7         Section 2.  W.S. 16-8-101 is repealed.

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 9         Section 3.  This act is effective immediately upon
10  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
11  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
12  Constitution.

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14                         (END)

 

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