2019 Wyoming Statutes
Title 24 - Highways
Chapter 2 - Department of Transportation
Section 24-2-115 - Program for Specific Service Signing by Businesses or Attractions; Department Duties and Responsibilities; Contracting of Duties; Fees.

24-2-115. Program for specific service signing by businesses or attractions; 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 specific service signing by business entities as part of departmental approved motorist service panels erected within rights-of-way along interstate and primary highways. The program shall be designed for 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 specific service signing;

(ii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 99, § 2.

(iii) Establish a uniform initial fee and annual permit fee for applicants to cover the costs of constructing, erecting and maintaining specific service signing, including the costs of contracting for any of these services;

(iv) Establish minimum standards for specific service signing by business entities in accordance with the current edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices;

(v) Provide for oversight 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 specific service signing pursuant to this section;

(vi) Provide a fee system that includes an initial application fee, fabrication and installation fee and an annual administration and maintenance fee. At a minimum, the fee structure shall be set so that the department is fully reimbursed for all costs associated with specific service signing.

(c) All fees collected by the department under the program shall be deposited into the state highway fund.