Title 24 — Title 24 — Highways

Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 139, § 2.

State agency law enforcement communications system; department duties and responsibilities. (a) The department of transportation shall: (i) Maintain, install, operate and dispatch the state agency law enforcement communications system as defined by W.S. 9-2-1101(b); (ii) Supervis…

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 en…

Department of transportation state-funded communications facilities. (a) Upon application by a telecommunications company, the Wyoming department of transportation may lease excess capacity on any state-funded communication infrastructure operated by the department of transportat…

Resolution by county commissioners; petition of county electors; alteration authority specified. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county, may, on its own motion by resolution duly adopted, where it deems the public interest so requires, initiate the procedure for the …

Requiring deposit by petitioners. The board of the county commissioners may require, in their discretion, that the petitioners for the establishment, alteration or vacation of a public road, shall deposit with the county clerk, a sufficient sum of money to defray the expenses of …

generally. Viewer; appointment, qualifications and duties Upon filing of the petition the board of the county commissioners at a regular or special meeting, or the chairman of the board, if in his judgment an emergency exists, shall appoint a suitable and disinterested person, wh…

Viewer; oath; scope of investigation. The person so appointed shall be termed a viewer, and he shall be sworn by some person or officer authorized by law to administer oaths, before entering upon his duties, to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties, and he shall file hi…

Viewer; factors to be considered. In forming his judgment the viewer shall take into consideration both the public and private convenience, and also the expense of the proposed road.

Viewer; report. The said viewer shall report in writing to the board of the county commissioners, whether or not in his judgment, said proposed road is practicable, and ought or ought not be established, altered or vacated, as the case may be, stating the probable expense of the …

Viewer; compensation. The board of the county commissioners shall allow the said viewer such reasonable compensation for his services as they shall determine and fix upon.

Roads established by consent of landowners. Public roads shall be established without the appointment of a viewer, or without any other proceeding, than the order of the board of county commissioners; provided, that the written consent of all the owners of the land to be used for…

Survey of proposed location for new road; recordation required. If, upon considering and acting upon the report of the viewer, or otherwise, the board of the county commissioners shall decide to lay out such road, they shall cause the county surveyor to make an accurate survey th…

Notice of location of road to be published or posted; notice by mail to property owners. (a) Notice shall be published of the proposed location or alteration of any road by posting on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by publication for …

Objections and claims for damages; when filed. If the board of the county commissioners shall determine to establish, lay out or alter any road, they shall appoint a day, not less than thirty (30) days after such determination, on or before which day all objections to the establi…

Objections and claims for damages; when barred. No objections or claims for damages shall be filed or made after the noon of the day fixed for filing the same, and if no objections or claims for damages are filed, on or before noon of the day fixed for filing the same, they shall…

Objections and claims for damages; continuance of hearing upon filing. If objections to the establishment, altering or vacating of the road, or if any claims for damages shall be filed, the further hearing of the application may be continued by the board until the matter can be p…

Appraisers; number; appointment; qualifications; duties generally; report. When claims for damages are filed, at the next regular meeting or special meeting of the board of the county commissioners, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable and convenient, the said board shall …

Appraisers; notification of appointment required; contents. The county clerk shall cause each of the said appraisers to be notified in writing, of his appointment, stating in said notice, first, the names of all appraisers, second, the names of all claimants for damages, on accou…

compensation. Appraisers; specific duties enumerated; The said appraisers shall, within ten (10) days after receiving notice of their appointment, meet at some convenient place, on the line of said proposed or altered road, and take and administer to each other, an oath or affirm…

Neglect of duty by appraiser or viewer. If any viewer or appraiser shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties required by law or shall fail to act after his appointment, without a satisfactory excuse for such refusal or neglect, he shall be fined in any sum not exceedin…

Hearing before county commissioners; determination and payment of damages; entry on land; abandonment prohibited; records; surveys. (a) At the next meeting of the county commissioners after the report of the appraisers has been filed, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, …

Appeals from decisions of county commissioners; notice; bond required. Any applicant for damages claimed, or caused by the establishment or alteration of any road, may appeal from the final decision of the board of the county commissioners to the district court of the county, in …

Appeals from decisions of county commissioners; duties of county clerk. The county clerk shall, within ten (10) days after the notice of an appeal as provided for in W.S. 24-3-119 is filed in his office, make out and file in the office of the clerk of the district court, in his c…

Appeals from decisions of county commissioners; recovery of damages; court costs. The amount of damages to which the claimant shall be entitled on such appeal shall be ascertained in the same manner as in a civil action, and the amount so ascertained, if any, shall be entered of …

Condemned land tax free during use by state. No taxes covering the real estate taken by the county or the department of transportation for rights-of-way shall be assessed, or charged against the land owner or owners during the time that rights-of-way are being used for the purpos…

previous road. Effect of location of new road on route of The establishment of a new road on the route of a road already established according to law, shall not vacate any road previously established, unless such vacation shall be ordered by the board of the county commissioners.

Removal of fences on right-of-way. Whenever a public road is ordered to be established or altered, according to the provisions of this act, which shall pass through, or on enclosed lands, the road overseer, or other proper officer, shall give the owner, agent or occupant of such …

Streets in unincorporated towns or villages declared public roads; working. All public streets of towns or villages, not incorporated, are a part of the public roads, and all road overseers, or persons having charge of the same, in their respective districts or counties, shall wo…

Abandonment of portion of highway upon reconstruction or relocation of existing highway; relinquishment to county or city in lieu of abandonment. (a) The transportation commission may abandon or relinquish any portion of state highways upon the reconstruction or relocation of any…

Cooperative agreements with federal agencies to construct, maintain and use roads within county. The board of county commissioners of any county of this state may, in its discretion, enter into cooperative agreements with the forest service of the U.S. department of agriculture o…

Purpose of procedure. The legislature finds that due to inaccurate and inconsistent records, there exist roads which are seldom used, not maintained and are not identified as or believed by the public to be county roads but are, in fact, county roads. Recognizing the numerous dif…

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Board" means the board of county commissioners of any county; (ii) "This act" means W.S. 24-3-201 through 24-3-206.

Board may identify county roads through specified procedure; resolution; terms; limited to not more than 1 per area. (a) Notwithstanding W.S. 24-1-102 and 24-3-101 through 24-3-127, when it finds the public interest so requires, the board may initiate the identification procedure…

Notice of identification to be published. (a) Prior to adoption of a resolution identifying county roads in any area in the county, notice of the proposed identification shall be posted on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and published for …

Objections and claims for damages; when filed; when barred; procedure for considering. (a) If the board initiates identification of county roads under this act, the board shall establish a date not less than thirty (30) days after the second notice is published, by which all obje…

Effect of identification. If the board identifies roads under this act, the roads designated as county roads in the identification action shall be the only county roads within the area identified and all other county roads within the area identified are accordingly altered or vac…

Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 13, § 2.

Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 13, § 2.

program. Program in addition to any existing road The road construction program contemplated by this act shall be known as "The Industrial Road Program", which shall be in addition to and not as a substitute for any federal aid, primary, secondary or state-county road constructio…

Board of county commissioners to incite procedure for industrial road. A board of the county commissioners of any county may on its motion by resolution duly adopted where it deems the public interest so requires and a road-building emergency prevails incite the procedure for the…

Three viewers to examine industrial road proposal; appointment of viewers. Three (3) viewers shall be appointed to examine into the expediency of the proposed industrial road and to make their report immediately. One (1) viewer shall be appointed by the board of the county commis…

Viewers to be sworn; scope of inquiry. The persons so appointed shall be designated as viewers and they shall be sworn by some person or officer authorized by law to administer oaths before entering upon their duties, and they shall file their oaths in the office of the county cl…

Viewers to consider certain standards. In forming their judgment the viewers shall take into consideration both the public and private convenience, and also the expense of the proposed road.

Viewers to report to county commissioners. The said viewers shall report in writing to the board of the county commissioners, whether or not, in their judgment, said proposed road is practicable, and ought to be established, and state the probable expense of the same including da…

Compensation of viewers. The board of the county commissioners shall allow said viewers such reasonable compensation for their services as they shall determine.

Department of transportation to survey, plat and record proposed road. If upon considering and acting upon the report of the viewers the board of the county commissioners shall decide to lay out a road, they shall contact the department of transportation which shall provide an ac…

Notice of proposed location of road; form of notice; publication; posting; registered mail. (a) Notice shall be published of the proposed location of such road by posting on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by publishing once weekly for…

damages. Fixing date for filing objections or claims for The board of the county commissioners shall appoint a day not less than twenty (20) days after such publication or posted notice on or before which day all objections to the establishment of the industrial road and claim fo…

deemed waiver. Failure to file objections or claims for damages No objections or claims for damages shall be filed or made after the noon of the day fixed for filing the same. If no objections or claim for damages are filed, all such claims shall be deemed to have been waived and…