Title 24 — Title 24 — Highways

Hearing continued until matter disposed of when objections filed. If objections to the establishment of the industrial road or if any claim for damages is filed, a further hearing may be continued by the board until the matter can be disposed of.

Board to appoint appraisers to fix amount of damages; report. When claims for damages are filed at the next regular meeting or special meeting of the board of the county commissioners, the board shall appoint three (3) disinterested electors of the county as appraisers to view th…

contents. Notification to appraisers of appointment; The county clerk shall cause each of said appraisers to be notified of his appointment stating in said notice first, the names of all appraisers; second, the names of all claims for damage on account of the location of the indu…

Duties of appraisers; report to county commissioners; compensation. The said appraisers shall within seven (7) days after receiving notice of their appointment meet at some convenient place on the line of the proposed industrial road, take and administer to each other an oath or …

Road established; awards paid; certificate of legal description of property to be filed. At the next meeting of the board of the county commissioners after receipt of the report of the appraisers, or as soon thereafter, as may be practicable, the board may hear testimony and cons…

Construction under supervision of director of department of transportation; division of construction costs. The transportation commission shall cooperate with the respective counties of the state in the construction of the industrial road program. All work under the industrial ro…

These funds may be derived from any funds in the respective county budget now available or any monies which may subsequently be budgeted for this program, provided, however, no county shall expend on this program in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) each and every bie…

Counties to match state funds; maximum amount of county expenditures; exception; acquisition of right-of-way. Any county participating in the industrial road program shall match money equally with money set aside pursuant to W.S.

Industrial road to be designated as county road. The industrial road, when completed, shall be designated as a county road and shall be the county responsibility as to maintenance and repair.

Priority of road projects. (a) In the event there are more county applications than the transportation commission has money available, the transportation commission shall determine which road project shall have priority based on these qualifications: (i) Priority of notice from t…

Counties may associate on road project. Two (2) or more counties may associate themselves together in connection with any industrial road project.

Purpose. The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare.

Access facility defined. For the purpose of this act, an access facility is defined as a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a limited right o…

Highway authorities to plan access facilities; scope and limitations of authority. The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, and villages, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency of any other state having aut…

Powers of highway authorities generally. The highway authority of the state, county, city, town, or village may designate and establish access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within an access facil…

Design and regulation of access to highway. The highway authorities of the state, county, city and town are authorized to design any access facility and to regulate, restrict or prohibit access as in their opinion may best serve the traffic for which the facility is intended. Whe…

Acquisition of public or private property. For the purposes of this act, the highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, or village may acquire private or public property and property rights for access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view,…

Agreements respecting financing and planning. The highway authorities of the state, city, county, town, or village are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance,…

Property rights of abutting residents. No access facility shall be constructed without providing for the property rights of residents whose homes or places of business are now located on or abut the said proposed access facility. In all such cases, provisions shall be made to aff…

Local service roads or streets. In connection with the development of any access facility the state, county, city, town, or village highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and street…

(a) Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (i) Drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on access facilities; (ii) Make a left turn, a semicircular, or U-turn except through an opening provide…

Service stations not to be constructed or located within right-of-way. No automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located within the right-of-way of, or on publicly owned or publicly leased land acquired…

Subject to city or town election. (a) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state of Wyoming that no state highway or state and federal highway now traversing or passing through any incorporated city or town of the state of Wyoming shall be so moved or relocated in…

Prohibited expenditures. It is declared to be unlawful for the transportation commission or the department of transportation to expend any monies for the construction of a proposed change or for the acquisition of the necessary right-of-way for the same, until the approval of the…

Application of W.S. 24-1-127, 24-7-101 through This enactment shall have no application to the usual and necessary diversion of traffic for purposes of road repair or reconstruction, nor shall it apply to any city having a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000), nor sha…

Connecting roads; construction. From and after the passage of this act whenever an established state highway is relocated, it shall be the duty of the department of transportation to cause to be constructed a hard-surfaced highway from any city or town of a population of not less…

Connecting roads; expense. The connecting roads from the cities or towns to the relocated highway shall be constructed and maintained by the department of transportation without expense to the county or counties in which the roads are constructed.

Connecting roads; property owners to be furnished approaches. Adjacent property owners shall be furnished safe, convenient and proper approaches to such relocated or connecting highways, but not beyond the highway right-of-way.

Purpose, issuance and disposal. For the purpose of providing funds for the construction and improvement of public roads and highways in Wyoming, the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor is hereby authorized from time to time within the limits of the amount authorize…

Denominations; interest rate; redemption; sale and issuance procedures; recordation. Such bonds shall bear date and may be issued in such amounts and bearing such rates of interest, not exceeding ten percent (10%) per annum, as shall be determined by the governor and state treasu…

Notice of intention to issue; sale to public; rejection of bids. The state treasurer shall give notice by publication in not less than three (3) newspapers published in the state and at least one (1) newspaper published outside the state, of his intention to issue and negotiate b…

Tax levies; notice of redemption. The state board of equalization shall each year at the time of making the annual levy for state purposes direct the boards of county commissioners of the several counties to levy upon all taxable property a tax which, with other funds available f…

Investment of state money. Whenever the state treasurer shall have in his hands any funds whether permanent state funds or other funds available for investment he may, in his discretion, purchase state highway bonds and invest therein at not to exceed the market value such portio…

Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 129, § 202.

Answer and complaint; initial hearing; appointment of viewers and appraisers. (a) Any person whose land has no outlet to, nor connection with a public road, may commence an action in district court in any county in which any part of the land is located for a private road leading …

[Repealed or reserved.]

court; costs. Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 88, § 2. Report of viewers and appraisers; trial to the (a) The viewers and appraisers so appointed, or a majority of them, shall make a report of their recommendations to the court, and also the amount of damages, if any, appraised by the…

Water and timber ways. Upon the presentation of a petition signed by at least five (5) freeholders of any neighborhood, praying for passage to any watercourse for the purpose of watering livestock, or for the convenient access to timber, the district court may establish such wate…

intent. Rules of procedure; legislative findings and (a) The supreme court may adopt rules governing proceedings commenced under W.S. 24-9-101, including limited application of the rules relating to procedure, discovery and evidence and such other rules as the court determines ap…

Short title. This act may be cited as the "Outdoor Advertising Act".

Declaration of policy and legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that in order to promote the safety, convenience and enjoyment of travel on, and protection of the public investment in highways within this state, and to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beau…

(a) Definitions. Except as otherwise provided, as used in this act: (i) "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated by the commission and…

Outdoor advertising visible from highways prohibited; exceptions. (a) No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained which is visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highways in this state, except the following: (i) Directional and other official si…

Regulations of commission. The commission is hereby authorized to make and promulgate regulations to control the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices along the interstate and primary highway systems in conformance with the terms of this act …

erected. Size, lighting and spacing; where signs may be (a) The minimum standards and criteria for the size, lighting and spacing of outdoor advertising, and the criteria for unzoned commercial or industrial zones or areas within the controlled area along the interstate and prima…

Permits and identification tags. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, no outdoor advertising authorized by W.S. 24-10-104(a)(i), (iv) and (v) shall be maintained without a permit. Applications for permits shall be made to the commission on forms furni…

Revocation of permits and removal of signs. When the commission determines that a false or misleading statement has been made in the application for a permit or that the structure for which a permit was issued is not in a reasonable state of repair, is unsafe or in poor repair or…

What outdoor advertising deemed unlawful; procedure for removal. (a) The following outdoor advertising is deemed unlawful: (i) When erected after the effective date of this act contrary to the provisions of this act; or (ii) this act; or When a permit is not obtained as prescribe…

Power of commission to acquire and remove existing advertising; compensation. (a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, agreement, exchange or eminent domain any existing outdoor advertising and all property rights pertaining to same which were lawfully in existence on th…

More restrictive ordinances saved. Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which is more restrictive than the provisions of this act.