2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 24 - HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 2 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
24-2-115. Program for informational signing by businesses, main street or historic sites; department duties and responsibilities; contracting of duties; fees.
(a) As authorized under W.S. 31-5-406(b), the department of transportation shall establish a program for informational signing by business entities as part of departmental approved motorist service panels or roadside information panels erected within rights-of-way along interstate and primary highways. The program shall be designed for advertising and information of interest to the traveling public in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 131(f).
(b) In establishing the program under this section, the department shall by rule and regulation:
(i) Provide for application by business entities for the display of its name or logo upon the informational signing;
(ii) Provide for application by main street or historic sites for signing upon approval by the federal highway administration for interstate highways and the department of transportation for primary highways;
(iii) Establish a uniform initial fee and annual permit fee for applicants to cover the costs of constructing, erecting and maintaining informational signing, including the costs of contracting for any of these services;
(iv) Establish minimum standards for informational signing by business entities in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 315;
(v) Provide for the administration of the program and subject to W.S. 9-2-1016(b), may establish necessary procedures for contracting services for the construction, erection and maintenance of highway informational signing pursuant to this section.
(c) Initial and permit fees established by the department pursuant to paragraph (b)(iii) of this section shall not exceed the costs of installing and maintaining the signs, including the costs of contracting for any of these services, and the costs of administering the program. All fees collected by the department under the program shall be deposited into the state highway fund.