2006 Utah Code - 72-4-303 — Powers and duties of the Utah State Scenic Byway Committee -- Rulemaking authority -- Designation on state maps -- Outdoor advertising.

     72-4-303.   Powers and duties of the Utah State Scenic Byway Committee -- Rulemaking authority -- Designation on state maps -- Outdoor advertising.
     (1) The committee shall have the responsibility to:
     (a) administer a coordinated scenic byway program within the state that:
     (i) preserves and protects the intrinsic qualities described in Subsection (1)(b) unique to scenic byways;
     (ii) enhances recreation; and
     (iii) promotes economic development through tourism and education;
     (b) ensure that a highway nominated for a scenic byway designation possesses at least one of the following six intrinsic qualities:
     (i) scenic quality;
     (ii) natural quality;
     (iii) historic quality;
     (iv) cultural quality;
     (v) archaeological quality; or
     (vi) recreational quality;
     (c) designate highways as state scenic byways from nominated highways within the state if the committee determines that the highway possesses the criteria for a state scenic byway; and
     (d) remove the designation of a highway as a scenic byway if the committee determines that the highway no longer meets the criteria under which it was designated.
     (2) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department shall make rules in consultation with the committee:
     (a) for the administration of a scenic byway program;
     (b) establishing the criteria that a highway shall possess to be designated as a scenic byway, including the criteria described in Subsection (1)(b);
     (c) establishing the process for nominating a highway to be designated as a state scenic byway;
     (d) specifying the process for hearings to be conducted in the area of proposed designation prior to the highway being designated as a scenic byway;
     (e) identifying the highways within the state designated as scenic byways; and
     (f) establishing the process and criteria for removing the designation of a highway as a scenic byway.
     (3) The department shall designate scenic byway routes on future state highway maps.
     (4) A highway within the state designated as a scenic byway is subject to federal outdoor advertising regulations in accordance with 23 U.S.C. Sec. 131.

Enacted by Chapter 172, 2004 General Session