Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-126 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-126
§ 24-1-126. Livestock crossings; signs required
Status: in_force

Livestock crossings shall be indicated by conspicuous signs placed on each side of the highway.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-106 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-106
§ 24-6-106. Acquisition of public or private property
Status: in_force

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, and light, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation in the same manner as such units are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under the provisions of this act shall be in fee simple where conditions permit, otherwise by appropriate easement.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-108 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-108
§ 24-1-108. Closing or restricting use; public notice
Status: in_force

(a) To notify the public that a state highway is closed or its use restricted pursuant to this act notification shall be in one (1) or more of the following forms:

(i) Erect suitable barriers or obstructions upon such highway;

(ii) Post warnings and notices of the condition of any such highway;

(iii) Post signs for the direction of traffic upon it, or to or upon any other highway or detour open to public travel;

(iv) Place warning devices on such highway;

(v) Assign a flagman to warn, detour or direct traffic on such highway.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-101
§ 24-3-101. Resolution by county commissioners; petition of county electors; alteration authority specified
Status: in_force

(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 establishment, vacation or alteration of a county highway, as the case may be, by setting forth in such resolution the point of commencement, the course and the point of termination of said road to be established, altered or vacated, as the case may be, and thereafter following out the provisions of article 2, chapter 52, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, not inconsistent therewith. If the motion specifies vacation of a county road, alley or highway located within one and one half (1 1 / 2 ) miles of the boundary of a city or town, the board shall notify the governing body of the city or town.

(b) (i) Any person desiring the establishment, vacation or alteration of a county highway shall file in the office of the county clerk of the proper county, a petition signed by five (5) or more electors of the county residing within twenty-five (25) miles of the road proposed to be established, altered, or vacated, in substance as follows: To the Board of County Commissioners of․․․․ County. The undersigned ask that a county highway, commencing at․․․․ and running thence․․․․ and terminating at․․․․ be established (altered or vacated as the case may be).

(ii) With said petition shall be filed a list containing the names and also the known post office address of each person owning or having an interest in any land over which the proposed establishment, vacation or alteration of a county highway is to be made.

(c) In altering any county highway under this article or any other road dedicated by recorded plat as a public road, a board of county commissioners may change the designation of any road to a private road. If a board alters any road, it shall reserve the access rights of the area landowners and permit governmental agencies to retain access to that road for performing essential public services. It may also designate a nongovernmental entity to be responsible for the maintenance of any road altered pursuant to this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-14-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 14 / Section 24-14-101
§ 24-14-101. Program in addition to any existing road program
Status: in_force

The road maintenance program contemplated by this chapter shall be known as the “state park road program”, which shall be in addition to and not as a substitute for any federal aid, primary, secondary or state-county road construction program or any other road program now in existence.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-109 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-109
§ 24-2-109. Designation of state highways; vesting of county interest in state; commission authorized to acquire severed portions of land; land to be sold
Status: in_force

(a) The transportation commission shall designate public highways to be known as state highways, which may coincide in whole or in part with previously established county roads. When the state highway is defined and designated by resolution entered in the records of the commission, all title and interest of the respective counties, in the road and right-of-way designated, shall pass to and vest in the transportation commission of Wyoming.

(b) Pursuant to W.S. 24-2-102 :

(i) Any rights-of-way for state highways not acquired from the respective counties may be acquired;

(ii) The commission shall have the authority to acquire by purchase or gift, the parcel or parcels of property that may be severed or damaged as a result of the acquisition of the highway right-of-way; provided, that the commission shall not acquire any such parcel or parcels of land by purchase or gift until full settlement has been made for the damages to the landowner as otherwise provided by law;

(iii) Any parcel of land acquired pursuant to paragraph (b)(ii) of this section and not otherwise used for highway purposes or traded for land used for highway purposes shall be offered for sale within two (2) years from the date of the completion of the project for which it was acquired. After written notice to the state building commission, the sale or disposition of this land shall be in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the transportation commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-8-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 8 / Section 24-8-102
§ 24-8-102. Denominations; interest rate; redemption; sale and issuance procedures; recordation
Status: in_force

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 treasurer. They shall be redeemable at the option of the state ten (10) years after date and payable twenty (20) years after date. The interest shall be payable semiannually at the option of the holder at the office of the state treasurer, or at such bank in the city of New York as may be designated in the bonds. They may be issued in denominations of five hundred ($500.00), one thousand ($1,000.00), five thousand ($5,000.00) and ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars and shall be engraved and printed under the direction of the governor and shall be signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state under the seal of the state and countersigned by the state treasurer. Interest coupons with lithographed facsimile signature of the state treasurer may be attached to said bonds. At the request of the holder, bonds may be registered with the state auditor. The bonds shall be deposited until sold with the state treasurer and when sold the proceeds of such bonds shall be paid into the state treasury and be kept in a separate fund which shall be known as state highway fund. Such bonds shall be in the form determined by the governor and the treasurer and each bond shall have endorsed thereon a certificate signed by the auditor and secretary of state that the bond is issued pursuant to law and is within the debt limit. Such bonds shall be numbered from one (1) upward and shall be redeemable in that order. Before issuance they are to be recorded in the office of the state treasurer.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-7-106 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 24-7-106
§ 24-7-106. Connecting roads; property owners to be furnished approaches
Status: in_force

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.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-121 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-121
§ 24-1-121. Highways subject to injury from cattle; designation; entry of order; notice to be posted
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of every county, wherein is situated any mountain road or highway or portion thereof, which would be liable to receive unusual injury and damage by driving over the same herds of cattle, horses or flocks of sheep, shall have the power, by order entered in the records of such board of commissioners, to designate so much of such road or highway as would be so liable to receive unusual injury and damage, as, not a highway for herds of horses, cattle or flocks of sheep, a notice of which designation shall be posted at convenient and conspicuous places along, and in the vicinity of the portion of such road or highway so designated, which notices shall likewise reasonably point out the lieu road or highway laid out as hereinafter provided.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-105
§ 24-5-105. Viewers to consider certain standards
Status: in_force

In forming their judgment the viewers shall take into consideration both the public and private convenience, and also the expense of the proposed road.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-107 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-107
§ 24-2-107. Required reports
Status: in_force

The director of the department of transportation shall make an annual report to the commission of the transactions of the department, and on or before December first of each even-numbered year, the commission shall, as required by W.S. 9-2-1014 , report to the governor.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-102
§ 24-2-102. General powers; power of eminent domain limited
Status: in_force

(a) To construct, maintain and supervise the public highways of this state, the department of transportation is authorized to:

(i) Acquire, hold and manage real property in the name of the transportation commission and to develop, improve, operate and maintain the same for any necessary public purpose. Lands acquired for rights-of-way for highways may be up to three hundred (300) feet wide and greater where extra width is necessary for:

(A) Deposits of road building materials;

(B) Deposits of waste materials;

(C) Embankments;

(D) Excavations;

(E) Maintenance;

(F) Parking facilities;

(G) Roadside rest areas; and

(H) Scenic roadside areas.

(ii) Sell, exchange, abandon, relinquish or otherwise dispose of real property including land, water and improvements for any necessary purpose in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the transportation commission, provided that disposition of water rights shall be in accordance with law.

(b) The commission shall not acquire property by eminent domain except for highway rights-of-way as specified by subparagraphs (a)(i)(A) through (F) of this section and only if the property for those purposes is immediately adjacent to the highway right-of-way.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-135 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-135
§ 24-1-135. Vietnam veterans welcome home highway
Status: in_force

United States interstate highway 25 between the Colorado/Wyoming border and its terminus at Buffalo, Wyoming shall be known as the “Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway.”
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-113 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-113
§ 24-1-113. Owner of unnatural canal to construct and maintain bridge at road crossing; subsequent assumption and maintenance by county
Status: in_force

Any person, company, corporation or association of persons, operating or maintaining in whole or in part, either as owners, agent, occupant or appropriator any ditch, canal or watercourse, not being a natural stream, for irrigation or any other, and different purpose, shall put in, construct, maintain and keep in repair at his, her, its or their expense for one (1) year, where the same crosses any public highway or publicly traveled road, a good substantial bridge, not less than fourteen (14) feet in width, over such ditch, canal or watercourse where it crosses such road. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the person so offending shall pay a fine in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day such ditch, canal or watercourse shall be unbridged, insufficiently bridged, or permitted to remain out of repair; provided, that after the expiration of one (1) year, from the construction of said bridge, the road supervisor of the road district in which said bridge is located, shall upon being notified by the owner or owners of the ditch, canal or watercourse over which said bridge is constructed, at once inspect said bridge, and if found in a good and lawful condition, shall accept the same for the county in which it is located, and said bridge shall thereafter be maintained by the said county.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-127 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-127
§ 24-1-127. Speed on city streets designated state highways
Status: in_force

When city streets are designated as state highways leading into, through, or out of a town or city, the department of transportation shall regulate the speed limits on such streets.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-119 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-119
§ 24-5-119. Counties to match state funds; maximum amount of county expenditures; exception; acquisition of right-of-way
Status: in_force

Any county participating in the industrial road program shall match money equally with money set aside pursuant to W.S. 24-5-118 . 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 biennium. This act shall not apply to any project having a total cost of less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) total. The board of the county commissioners of each county shall acquire the right-of-way for any industrial road, the expense of which shall be charged against the industrial road program.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-117 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-117
§ 24-5-117. Construction under supervision of director of department of transportation; division of construction costs
Status: in_force

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 road program shall be performed under the immediate control and supervision of the director of the department of transportation or his authorized representative and in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the director or the chief engineer, which work in the county is known as its industrial road program and shall be promptly commenced upon request of its board of the county commissioners, which request shall contain the pledge of the county for contribution as specified. The term “construction” as used in this section shall include construction, reconstruction, surveys, mapping, right-of-way costs, bridges, culverts and fencing, in all of which whenever and to the extent possible the department of transportation shall use existing grades, bridges and other physical items or facilities in order to minimize or avoid more costly construction. Fifty percent (50%) of all expense shall be paid by the department of transportation, and the other fifty percent (50%) of the construction costs shall be paid by the board of the county commissioners of the county or counties concerned.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-126 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-126
§ 24-3-126. Abandonment of portion of highway upon reconstruction or relocation of existing highway; relinquishment to county or city in lieu of abandonment
Status: in_force

(a) The transportation commission may abandon or relinquish any portion of state highways upon the reconstruction or relocation of any portion of an existing state highway.

(b) Prior to abandonment of any portion of a state highway, the transportation commission shall offer the highway to the governing body of any county or city in which the highway is located. Upon being notified of the transportation commission's intent to abandon any portion of a state highway, the governing body of the county or city shall comply with the procedures provided for in paragraph (c)(ii) of this section in order to initiate transfer of the state highway.

(c) The abandonment or relinquishment of any portion of state highways shall be conclusively evidenced by the resolution entered in the minute record of the commission. A certified copy of the resolution shall be recorded by the secretary of the transportation commission in the office of the county clerk of any county in which abandoned or relinquished highway right-of-way is located. Abandonment or relinquishment shall not affect the rights of corporations or their successors in interest acquired under the provisions of W.S. 1-26-813 to continue the operation and maintenance of transmission and distribution lines constructed upon the right-of-way and shall not affect the rights of any corporation or successors in interest to continue to maintain any facility lawfully in the highway right-of-way at the time of any abandonment or relinquishment. Corporations shall have the right to go upon these lands for the purposes associated with maintenance or use of their facility. Specific rules regarding relinquishment and abandonment are:

(i) Upon the entry of the resolution of abandonment in the minute record of the commission, all title and interest, except as herein provided, to the highway right-of-way shall pass to and vest in the present adjacent landowner according to the portion contributed by adjacent landowner or his predecessor in interest;

(ii) Instead of abandonment, the transportation commission may, upon written request, relinquish to any county or city any portion of a state highway within the county or city proposed to be removed from the state highway system. The request shall be in the form of a resolution adopted by the governing body of the county or city, indicating that the portion of the state highway sought by the governing body will be used for a local public purpose enumerated in the resolution and expressing the agreement of the county or city to assume all responsibility with regard thereto. Relinquishment by the transportation commission shall be by entry of the resolution of relinquishment in the minute record of the commission and by quitclaim deed effective upon recordation in the office of the county clerk and recorder of any county in which the real property is located.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-132 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-132
§ 24-1-132. Contracts for county, city and town bridge work; bids; exception
Status: in_force

(a) The board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any city or town shall cause to be prepared comprehensive plans and specifications for the construction of any bridge on any dedicated and maintained road in its jurisdiction.

(b) As used in this section a bridge is a structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway or railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more than twenty (20) feet between undercopings of abutments, or spring lines of arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple barrel box culverts. It may include multiple pipes, where the clear distance between openings is less than one-half (1/2) of the smaller contiguous opening.

(c) When any bridge is to be constructed, which includes either new construction or reconstruction of major load carrying bridge components, upon any road in a county's, city's or town's jurisdiction, the estimated cost of which shall exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the construction work shall be competitively bid and the bridge work constructed by contract. No contract shall be divided for the purpose of avoiding competitive bidding. The construction work may be described in the published call for bids by stating general requirements. Detailed specifications shall be available to prospective bidders at the county commissioner's office or offices of the governing body of the city or town.

(d) All bridges to be constructed shall be designed by a professional engineer who holds a valid license granted by the Wyoming board of professional engineers and professional land surveyors.

(e) The board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any city or town shall cause notices of the contract to be let to be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation within the state and to take any other means available to achieve as wide a notice as possible, but in no case shall any letting of the contract be held within fifteen (15) days of the last published notice.

(f) The board of county commissioners, or governing body of the city or town shall award any contract to the lowest responsible bidder. The county commissioners or governing body reserves the right to reject any bid and to waive irregularities and informalities in the bidding. No final payment upon any contract shall be made until the bridge is examined and approved by the professional engineer supervising the construction of the bridge and the payment is approved by the county commissioners or governing body of the city or town or their designees. Within ninety (90) days of the bridge being opened to traffic the board of county commissioners or governing body of the city or town shall notify and provide the design, plans, specifications and load rating for the bridge to the chief engineer of the department of transportation so that the department may comply with national bridge inspection standards.

(g) Whenever an emergency arises requiring expenditure of funds for the repair or rebuilding of bridges or approaches to bridges the board of county commissioners or governing body of any city or town may enter into contract for any building or rebuilding of bridges or approaches without advertising for the letting of any contract. An emergency is an occasion requiring repair or rebuilding of a bridge or a portion of a bridge when, on short notice, the bridge has become unsafe or impassable due to events which are beyond the control of the county, city or town.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-113 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-113
§ 24-10-113. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this act, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this act shall not be affected thereby.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-107 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-107
§ 24-5-107. Compensation of viewers
Status: in_force

The board of the county commissioners shall allow said viewers such reasonable compensation for their services as they shall determine.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-110 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-110
§ 24-10-110. Power of commission to acquire and remove existing advertising; compensation
Status: in_force

(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 the effective date of this act and which by reason of this act become nonconforming.

(b) Compensation shall be paid in accordance with the Relocation Assistance Act for outdoor advertising and all property rights pertaining to same which are acquired by eminent domain. The agency is empowered to remove signs found in violation of W.S. 24-10-108 or 24-10-109 without payment of compensation.

(c) Those signs meeting the criteria of the act shall not be required to be removed unless at the time of removal there are sufficient funds, from whatever source, appropriated and immediately available to this state with which to pay the just compensation required under this section, and unless at such time the federal funds required to be contributed to this state under section 131 of title 23, United States Code , have been appropriated and are immediately available to this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-12-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 12 / Section 24-12-102
§ 24-12-102. Duties generally; emergencies; coordination
Status: in_force

(a) The state highway patrol, acting under the direction of the director, shall enforce all the motor vehicle laws of this state. They shall also perform other duties assigned to them by the governor and are at all times subject to the call of the governor for emergency purposes at his discretion.

(b) The administrator of the state highway patrol shall provide state troopers for security in the capitol building, Herschler state office building as provided in this subsection and governor's residence and security for the governor. Security provided pursuant to this section is intended to provide protection for the statewide elected officials while in offices in the capitol building or Herschler state office building and members of the legislature during the legislative session or at the request of legislative staff when an interim committee meeting open to the public is held in the capitol building or Herschler state office building.

(c) The state highway patrol shall coordinate with local, tribal, state and federal law enforcement agencies, the Wyoming office of homeland security and any other appropriate entity to operate an alert system under the integrated public alert and warning system or successor system, adhering to the United States department of justice criteria. The state highway patrol shall operate and integrate additional missing persons alert communications networks that enable and help facilitate search efforts for an adult at risk or other missing person of an age, needs or circumstances that may fall outside the scope of the America's missing: broadcast emergency response alert criteria. The state highway patrol shall report annually to the division of criminal investigation the number of times and dates that the alert systems were used, the age, race and gender of the abducted person, whether the abduction was thwarted and whether an alert system assisted in resolving the abduction. In addition:

(i) If the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe or the cooperative tribal governing body:

(A) Operate or seek to operate an alert system under the integrated public alert and warning system or successor system on the Wind River Indian Reservation, adhering to the United States department of justice criteria, or operate or seek to operate an additional missing persons alert communications network also operated by the state, the Wyoming office of homeland security and state highway patrol shall assist and coordinate with any tribal agency in establishing, integrating or operating that system;

(B) Report missing or endangered persons to the state highway patrol in conformance with applicable alert criteria, the state highway patrol shall employ the applicable alert systems under this subsection to aid in the protection of persons and safe recovery of the reported missing or endangered persons.

(ii) The state highway patrol may also use, integrate or manage other alert systems to aid in the safe recovery of missing or endangered persons.

(d) As used in this section “ adult at risk ” means an adult who has a developmental disability, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or dementia, or who suffers from or could, without access to medication, suffer from cognitive impairment if the impairment would likely render the adult incapable of getting to a familiar location without assistance.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-202 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-202
§ 24-3-202. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) 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 .
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-122 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-122
§ 24-5-122. Counties may associate on road project
Status: in_force

Two (2) or more counties may associate themselves together in connection with any industrial road project.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-9-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 9 / Section 24-9-105
§ 24-9-105. Rules of procedure; legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

(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 appropriate to provide for expedited and efficient proceedings, including appellate proceedings, which minimize the delay and cost in actions to establish a private road.

(b) It is the intent of the legislature to provide for a more expeditious and affordable means to establish a private road under this article. The legislature further intends that the precedents established with respect to the creation of private roads prior to the July 1, 2013 amendments to this article should continue to be followed to the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-206 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-206
§ 24-3-206. Effect of identification
Status: in_force

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 vacated. The board shall direct the county clerk to and the county clerk shall record the identification as an entry in the abstract of lands books as if it were a conveyance of rights from the county to the lands affected. Roads identified as county roads under this act, shall not be county roads unless the county has a valid title or recorded easement to the right-of-way.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-128 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-128
§ 24-1-128. Marking of highways
Status: in_force

All center markings and supplementary road shoulder markings on all highways within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming completed in asphalt, oil, concrete, or other hard surface shall be maintained with bright yellow lines, whether or not said markings be solid or broken yellow lines. The director of the department of transportation shall have the duty to enforce the provisions of this section and to provide for the effective maintenance of said yellow markings. The state transportation commission after a hearing may waive the application of this section to any highway or highway project if necessary to promote a safe and effective utilization of such highway or highway project. The governor and the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives of the state of Wyoming shall be notified in writing at least five (5) days before the hearing.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-15-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 15 / Section 24-15-101
§ 24-15-101. Public transit program created; duties
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a “public transit program” to be administered by the Wyoming department of transportation. The department shall:

(i) Accept public transit funds from the federal transit administration on behalf of the state;

(ii) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the purposes of this chapter;

(iii) Distribute state and federal public transit funds to eligible grantees pursuant to federal requirements and rules and regulations of the department.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-111 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-111
§ 24-3-111. Objections and claims for damages; when filed
Status: in_force

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 establishment, alteration or vacation of the proposed road, and claims for damages by reason thereof, shall be filed with the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-203 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-203
§ 24-3-203. Board may identify county roads through specified procedure; resolution; terms; limited to not more than 1 per area
Status: in_force

(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 under this act for county roads in the county by adopting a resolution to which maps shall be incorporated by reference which shall indicate a general description of all county roads in the area described in the map which shall be unaffected by identification under the resolution. No county road shall be listed as unaffected by a resolution under this act unless it was established under other law. No map incorporated into the resolution shall describe an area of less than six hundred forty (640) acres.

(b) The board shall not adopt more than one (1) resolution identifying county roads under this act in any area of the county.

(c) No road shall be vacated or altered under this act if it is currently identified and maintained as a county road. The identification procedure under this act shall not be used to establish a county road which was not previously established under other law.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-120 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-120
§ 24-5-120. Industrial road to be designated as county road
Status: in_force

The industrial road, when completed, shall be designated as a county road and shall be the county responsibility as to maintenance and repair.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-101
§ 24-1-101. Public highways defined and established; creation by adverse possession
Status: in_force

(a) On and after January 1, 1924, all roads within this state shall be highways, which have been or may be declared by law to be state or county highways. It shall be the duty of the several boards of county commissioners, within their respective counties, prior to said date, to determine what, if any, such roads now or heretofore traveled but not heretofore officially established and recorded, are necessary or important for the public use as permanent roads, and to cause such roads to be recorded, or if need be laid out, established and recorded, and all roads recorded as aforesaid, shall be highways. No other roads, except roads located on federal public lands prior to October, 1976 which provide access for a private residence or agricultural operation shall be highways upon acceptance by the board of county commissioners of the county where the road is located, shall be highways unless and until lawfully established as such by official authority. Except, nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the creation or establishment of a public highway right-of-way with reference to state and county highways under the common-law doctrines of adverse possession or prescription either prior to or subsequent to the enactment hereof. If any such board shall resolve the creation or establishment of a public highway right-of-way based upon the common-law doctrines of adverse possession or prescription, it shall, following the filing of a plat and accurate survey required in accordance with the terms and provisions of W.S. 24-3-109 , proceed with the publication of the proposed road for three (3) successive weeks in three (3) successive issues of some official newspaper published in the county, if any such there be, and if no newspaper be published therein, such notice shall be posted in at least three (3) public places along the line of the proposed road, which notice shall be exclusive of all other notices and may be in the following form:

To all whom it may concern: The board of county commissioners of ․․․ county has resolved the creation and establishment of a public highway right-of-way under the common-law doctrine of prescription in that the road was constructed or substantially maintained by the (either the state or county) for general public use for a period of (ten years or longer) said road commencing at ․․․ in ․․․ county, Wyoming, running thence (here describe in general terms the points and courses thereof), and terminating at ․․․

All objections thereto must be filed in writing with the county clerk of said county before noon on the ․․․ day of ․․․ A.D., ․․․, or such road will be established without reference to such objections.

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County Clerk

Dated ․․․․ A.D.

(b) The county commissioners shall cause a copy of the above notice to be mailed by registered or certified mail to all persons owning lands or claiming any interest in any lands over or across which the road is proposed to be created or established. The publication, posting and mailings of such notice shall be a legal and sufficient notice to all persons owning lands or claiming any interest in lands over which the proposed road is to be created or established. No viewers or appraisers shall be appointed, nor shall any damage claims be considered or heard, and the sole objections to be heard by the board shall be directed against the creation or establishment of such right-of-way under the common-law doctrines of adverse possession or prescription. Any objector may appeal from the final decision of the board of the county commissioners to the district court of the county in which the land is situated. Notice of such appeal must be made to the county clerk within thirty (30) days after such decision has been made by the board, or such claim shall be deemed to have been abandoned. Within ten (10) days after the notice of an appeal is filed in his office, the county clerk shall make out and file in the office of the clerk of the district court, in his county, a transcript of the papers on file in his office, and the proceedings of the board in relation to such creation and establishment. The proceedings on appeal shall be governed by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. If the appeal is upheld the appellant shall be reimbursed by the county for all reasonable costs of asserting his claim.

(c) Only that portion of the state highways actually used, travelled or fenced, which has been used by the general public for a period of ten (10) years or longer, either prior to or subsequent to the enactment hereof, shall be presumed to be public highways lawfully established as such by official authority and unavailability of records to show such to have been lawfully established shall not rebut this presumption.

(d) Only that portion of county highways, not to exceed sixty-six (66) feet in width, which was actually constructed or substantially maintained by the county and travelled and used by the general public for a period of ten (10) years or longer, either prior to or subsequent to the enactment hereof, shall be presumed to be public highways lawfully established as such by official authority.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-108 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-108
§ 24-10-108. Revocation of permits and removal of signs
Status: in_force

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 otherwise in violation of this act, the commission shall notify the holder of the permit in writing, either by certified mail or by personal service, of the violation and specify that remedial action shall be taken within thirty (30) days or the permit will be revoked and action for removal of the sign commenced as provided in W.S. 24-10-109 . No notice is required prior to filing a complaint after the notice period has lapsed. The provisions of this section apply to all signs in existence prior to the effective date of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-123 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-123
§ 24-1-123. Highways subject to injury from cattle; drover's liability
Status: in_force

Any person who shall drive any herd of horses, cattle or flock of sheep over any portion of any road or highway, so designated as not for horses, cattle or sheep as aforesaid, after such designation and the posting of notices as aforesaid, and after the provision of another reasonable highway for cattle, horses and sheep in lieu thereof as aforesaid, shall be liable to the county in which is situated such mountain road or highway, for any and all damages done thereto, by driving over the same, such flocks or herds of cattle, horses or sheep.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-108 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-108
§ 24-3-108. Roads established by consent of landowners
Status: in_force

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 that purpose, be first filed in the office of the county clerk, and when it is shown to the satisfaction of the said board that the said road is of sufficient importance to be opened and traveled, they shall make an order establishing the same. The board of the county commissioners, when in their judgment such action shall be in the interests of economy or the public good, may purchase or receive donations or rights-of-way for a public road, or any alteration thereof, or any part thereof, from any and all persons along the route thereof, and declare the same opened, whenever the consent of the owners of the land through which said proposed road or alteration shall run, has been obtained, either by the donations of land or when an amicable adjustment of the amount to be paid therefor has been made between such landowners and said board; and all roads or parts of roads or alteration of roads heretofore opened or made, by consent or adjustment of damages, without recourse to other proceedings, are hereby declared to be public roads, the same as if such roads had been legally opened, or said alterations legally made.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-111 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-111
§ 24-5-111. Failure to file objections or claims for damages deemed waiver
Status: in_force

No objections or claims for damages shall be filed or made after the noon [12:00 p.m.] 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 are barred.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-119 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-119
§ 24-3-119. Appeals from decisions of county commissioners; notice; bond required
Status: in_force

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 which the land lies, for the taking of which for a public road, damages are asked; but notice of such appeal must be made to the county clerk, within thirty (30) days after such decision has been made by the said board, or such claim shall be deemed to have been abandoned. No appeal shall be allowed, unless a good and sufficient bond be given by the party appealing, in a sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) to cover costs, said bond to be approved by the clerk of the district court.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-124 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-124
§ 24-1-124. Livestock crossings; generally
Status: in_force

The department of transportation may provide suitable livestock crossings on all state highways, having an oil surface, in the state of Wyoming, at places where necessity and convenience require. Ranchmen, farmers and livestock raisers and producers may file with the board of county commissioners of their county a request for livestock crossings, and the various boards of county commissioners shall recommend from time to time to the department of transportation such crossings as they believe will best suit the necessities and convenience of ranchmen, farmers and livestock raisers and producers in their county.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-105
§ 24-1-105. Width restrictions
Status: repealed

(a) All county roads established under this chapter shall not be less than sixty (60) nor more than one hundred (100) feet in width, unless the board of county commissioners determines that a county road be established with a less width; provided, that for the purpose of providing driveways for livestock, the board of county commissioners may open a road to a width not exceeding five hundred (500) feet. Provided, however, that state highways may be established not to exceed three hundred (300) feet in width unless a greater width is necessary for parking facilities, maintenance, excavations, embankments, the deposit of waste materials, or driveways for livestock.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-8-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 8 / Section 24-8-101
§ 24-8-101. Purpose, issuance and disposal
Status: in_force

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 authorized by law to issue and dispose of bonds of the state of Wyoming to be designated as highway bonds.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-121 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-121
§ 24-5-121. Priority of road projects
Status: in_force

(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 the board of the county commissioners;

(ii) County money actually available for the project and deposited with the transportation commission;

(iii) Traffic count;

(iv) Number of people project will service as evidenced by information furnished by the county or counties interested in the project;

(v) Tax value of the area served by the industrial road as shown on the assessment rolls of the county or counties involved in the project from information furnished by the county assessor of said county or counties.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-116 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-116
§ 24-2-116. Department of transportation state-funded communications facilities
Status: in_force

(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 transportation to the telecommunications company. All monies received from any lease executed pursuant to this section shall be deposited into and separately accounted for in the department's internal service fund specified by W.S. 9-4-204(t)(ii)(B) and governed by W.S. 9-4-205(e) . Monies received and deposited under this section are continuously appropriated to the department and shall only be used to maintain, reinforce and repair the WyoLink network and towers.

(b) As used in this section:

(i) “ Broadband provider ” means a telecommunications company as defined by W.S. 37-15-103(a)(xi) , a communications company under W.S. 1-26-813(b) or a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. § 522(5) ;

(ii) “ Telecommunications company ” shall include a broadband provider.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-7-104 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 24-7-104
§ 24-7-104. Connecting roads; construction
Status: in_force

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 than fifty (50) people now on or adjacent to the established highway to the relocated highway by the nearest practicable route.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-113 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-113
§ 24-3-113. Objections and claims for damages; continuance of hearing upon filing
Status: in_force

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 properly disposed of.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-7-103 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 24-7-103
§ 24-7-103. Application of W.S. 24-1-127, 24-7-101 through 24-7-103
Status: in_force

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 shall the provisions of this act be retroactive from the effective date of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-120 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-120
§ 24-3-120. Appeals from decisions of county commissioners; duties of county clerk
Status: in_force

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 county, a transcript of the papers on file in his office, and the proceedings of the board in relation to such damages.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-114 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-114
§ 24-5-114. Notification to appraisers of appointment; contents
Status: in_force

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 industrial road with the amount of damages asked by each claimant; third, stating when the report must be filed. The county clerk shall prepare suitable blanks for such notice, for the oath of appraisers, and for the report, a proper number of which shall be forwarded by him to them.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-134 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-134
§ 24-1-134. Wyoming veterans memorial highway
Status: in_force

United States Highway 14-Alternate between the city boundaries of Cody, Wyoming and Powell, Wyoming shall be known as the “Wyoming Veterans Memorial Highway.”
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-122 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-122
§ 24-3-122. Condemned land tax free during use by state
Status: in_force

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 purposes for which they were established.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-201 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-201
§ 24-3-201. Purpose of procedure
Status: in_force

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 difficulties resulting from the existence of such county roads, the legislature finds it in the best interest of the public to create a procedure to identify county roads, thereby altering and vacating these abandoned or unnecessary county roads without survey.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-138 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-138
§ 24-1-138. Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March memorial bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge on United States Interstate Highway 25 crossing over Center Street in Casper, Wyoming shall be known as the “Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge.” The department of transportation shall install appropriate signage, in compliance with applicable federal and state law, to identify the Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-7-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 24-7-105
§ 24-7-105. Connecting roads; expense
Status: in_force

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.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-105
§ 24-6-105. Design and regulation of access to highway
Status: in_force

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. When an access facility is established under the authority of this act and if rights of ingress or egress are granted and designated by the highway authorities at specified points along the access facility as provided, the means of ingress or egress to and from the access facility shall be limited to the use designated by the transportation commission. In the event the commission grants a private and not a commercial entrance or access to the highway, the entrance or point of access shall not be used for or in connection with the conduct of any roadside business or other commercial enterprise. The highway authorities are authorized to divide and separate any access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, for the use for which access may be permitted, and upon such terms and conditions as may be specified by proper authority from time to time, or as specifically provided for.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-109 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-109
§ 24-6-109. Local service roads or streets
Status: in_force

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 streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street, and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over access facilities under the terms of this act, if in their opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-104 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-104
§ 24-1-104. Management and control of county roads
Status: in_force

All county roads shall be under the supervision, management and control of the board of the county commissioners of the county wherein such roads are located, and no county road shall hereafter be established, altered or vacated in any county in this state, except by authority of the board of the county commissioners of the county wherein such road is located, except as is otherwise provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-107 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-107
§ 24-6-107. Agreements respecting financing and planning
Status: in_force

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, use, regulation, or vacation of access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-123 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-123
§ 24-3-123. Effect of location of new road on route of previous road
Status: in_force

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.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-106 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-106
§ 24-1-106. Closing or restricting use; when necessary
Status: in_force

(a) The department of transportation may restrict the use of, or close, any state highway whenever the department considers the closing or restriction of use necessary:

(i) For the protection of the public;

(ii) For the protection of the highway from damage during storms or during construction, improvement or maintenance operations thereon; or

(iii) For a special event or athletic event pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) The department of transportation may authorize the complete or partial closure of designated portions of any state highway for the purpose of conducting a special event or athletic event. The director of the department may use equipment and personnel as necessary. The closure may be authorized only if:

(i) A written application for the event is submitted to the department, containing information the department deems necessary and the application is approved by the director;

(ii) A county government approves the closure if the closure would restrict the use of any county road in the unincorporated area of the county; and

(iii) The closure is implemented in a manner consistent with the rules and regulations of the department and will cause the least inconvenience to the driving public consistent with the requirements of the special event or athletic event.

(c) If an event calls for closure of a state highway within an incorporated city or town, for which there is no readily accessible alternate route, the city or town shall request department approval for the closure.

(d) For purposes of this section:

(i) “Special event” or “athletic event” means any event which is held outside the corporate limits of any city or town on a state highway but cannot comply with all applicable traffic statutes or ordinances. This shall include, but not be limited to, parades, fairs, exhibitions, motion picture filming, bicycle races and foot races. This definition does not include an event taking place away from a highway which, due to the number of persons attending the event, creates traffic congestion on a highway before and after the event; and

(ii) “Partial or complete closure of designated portions of any state highway” means the closing to traffic of any roadway, lane or other portion of a state roadway or highway or any other restriction of the normal use of a highway.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-7-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 24-7-102
§ 24-7-102. Prohibited expenditures
Status: in_force

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 governing body of the affected town or city shall have first been obtained as above provided.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-104 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-104
§ 24-10-104. Outdoor advertising visible from highways prohibited; exceptions
Status: in_force

(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 signs and notices, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic attractions, as authorized or required by law;

(ii) Signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located;

(iii) Signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located;

(iv) Signs, displays and devices located in areas which are zoned industrial or commercial within six hundred sixty (660) feet adjacent to the highway right-of-way, under authority of law;

(v) Signs, displays and devices located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas, within six hundred sixty (660) feet adjacent to the highway right-of-way, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the commission.

(b) Outdoor advertising authorized under paragraphs (a)(i), (iv) and (v) of this section shall conform with standards contained, and shall bear permits required, in regulations which are promulgated by the commission under this act. Paragraphs (a)(ii) and (iii) of this section are exempt.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-105
§ 24-10-105. Regulations of commission
Status: in_force

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 and in conformity with section 131 of title 23, United States Code as amended.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-102
§ 24-5-102. Board of county commissioners to incite procedure for industrial road
Status: in_force

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 establishment of an industrial road. The course and the point of termination of the road shall be determined by the board of the county commissioners. Before a board of the county commissioners of a county or counties can initiate the road program herein, it must have the cash money available for the project as described. Upon the adoption of such resolution by the board of the county commissioners of one (1) or more counties, it shall immediately notify the transportation commission of Wyoming of its intentions to establish a proposed industrial road.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-12-103 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 12 / Section 24-12-103
§ 24-12-103. Members to have powers of peace officers; exception
Status: in_force

All members of the state highway patrol shall have and exercise all the powers vested in peace officers, except the power to serve civil writs and processes.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-102
§ 24-1-102. Location, survey and construction
Status: in_force

(a) Any such highways, and such additional highways in connection therewith as may be provided for, which are designated as state highways, shall be located and surveyed under the direction and supervision of the director of the department of transportation or his authorized representative, who shall cause plans and specifications of the highways to be prepared, and designate the materials to be used in their construction. He shall take into consideration the climate, soil and materials to be had in the vicinity, and the extent and nature of the probable traffic on the highway with a view to the most economical construction consistent with efficiency.

(b) Where any such highways are designated as a county highway the same shall be located and surveyed under the direction of the county surveyor of the county in which such highway is located; said county surveyor shall cause plans and specifications of any such highway to be prepared and the board of county commissioners of such county shall designate the materials to be used in their construction. Said board of county commissioners shall take into consideration the climate, soil, and materials to be had in the vicinity, and the extent and nature of the probable traffic on said highway with a view to the most economical construction thereof consistent with efficiency. The expense of locating, surveying, and constructing such county highways shall be paid by the county in which such highway is constructed.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-103 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-103
§ 24-1-103. State transportation commission of Wyoming to acquire right-of-way; when right-of-way becomes state property
Status: in_force

The transportation commission is hereby authorized, required and may proceed under the provisions of W.S. 24-2-109(a) , to secure the right-of-way for all state highways presently designated by the transportation commission as part of the state highway system or in the future to be designated as part of the state highway system. When any state highway designated by the transportation commission shall occupy in whole or in part the right-of-way of a formerly constructed highway, whether a county highway or a state highway, so much of the right-of-way as is occupied in the construction of the new highway or reconstruction of the previously constructed highway shall become the property of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-101
§ 24-10-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Outdoor Advertising Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-136 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-136
§ 24-1-136. Wyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway-highway designation
Status: in_force

State highway 28 from the Fremont county line northeast to the boundary of the Shoshone national forest shall be known as the “Wyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway.”
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-108 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-108
§ 24-2-108. Road and bridge construction; professional services procurement
Status: in_force

(a) All road and bridge construction work, any part of the cost of which is paid from the state highway fund, shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the director of the department of transportation or the chief engineer and approved by the commission, and shall be performed by or under contracts awarded by the commission. The director with the assistance of the chief engineer shall have complete charge, including expenditures for roads now in existence, or in the future to be constructed, which are part of state highway systems which are located within or partially within the national forests' boundaries. All improvements costing more than two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000.00) shall be constructed under contracts awarded after public notice to the lowest responsible bidder determined qualified by the transportation commission of Wyoming which is given the power to determine the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders. The commission may reject any or all bids and readvertise for bids. Improvements costing sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) or less may be constructed by the commission upon force account, with its own forces or under contract, as the commission shall determine. A state highway construction job to be completed within any calendar year period and to cost more than sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) shall not be constructed by department of transportation forces in sections or parcels so as to come within the sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) limitation. Contracts may be entered into with railroad companies for the construction of grade separation structures at actual cost under terms and conditions approved by the commission. Whenever an emergency arises requiring immediate expenditure of funds for the repair or rebuilding of bridges, approaches to bridges and any roadway, when the bridges, approaches to bridges or roadway are required to be rebuilt immediately and in such short time that in the judgment of the commission the people would be seriously inconvenienced in waiting the regular period for advertising for bids, the commission may enter into contract for any building or rebuilding of bridges, approaches or roadway without advertising for the letting of any contract, provided the amount of the contract shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) and provided the commission requests proposals from at least two (2) contractors capable of performing the emergency construction or repair. The commission shall adopt general rules and regulations for the publication of notice to bidders, the awarding of contracts, and for determining the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders.

(b) The commission shall procure the professional services of architects, engineers and surveyors in accordance with W.S. 9-23-105(f) through (h) and 9-23-106(g) .
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-137 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-137
§ 24-1-137. Wild Horse Highway
Status: in_force

United States highway 14/16/20 between Wyoming state highway 32 and the city boundary of Cody, Wyoming shall be known as the “Wild Horse Highway.”
Wyo. Stat. § 24-14-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 14 / Section 24-14-102
§ 24-14-102. State park road account
Status: in_force

There is created a state park road account within the highway fund. The department of transportation may use the funds from the state park road account to enter into contracts and to obtain services for state park road maintenance and improvement projects, in consultation with the department of state parks and cultural resources.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-116 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-116
§ 24-3-116. Appraisers; specific duties enumerated; compensation
Status: in_force

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 affirmation to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties. They shall then view the ground, so far as they shall deem it necessary, and fix the amount of damages sustained by each claimant, after allowing for all benefits that may accrue to each claimant, by reason of the location or alteration of the said proposed road. They, or a majority of them, shall as soon as practicable, after performing their said duties, make a report in writing to the county clerk of their doings, stating that they were so sworn or affirmed as aforesaid, before performing their duties and fixing the amount of damages, if any, sustained by each claimant, after allowing and deducting for benefits, and where they have disallowed claims for damages, they shall so state in their report, and they shall immediately transmit their report, when made, to the county clerk. They shall, whenever they can conveniently do so, notify the claimants or their agents, of the place of their meeting and may hear such evidence as they may deem necessary in determining the amount of damages fixed by them. They are hereby authorized to administer oaths to each other and to such witnesses as they may hear. If any one (1) of them shall fail or refuse to perform his duty, the other two (2) appraisers shall serve and shall appoint a suitable and disinterested elector in his place, who shall be within easy access, and he shall be sworn or affirmed in like manner as the other two (2) appraisers, and the facts of such appointment and qualification shall be stated in said report to the county clerk. The said appraisers shall each receive for his compensation such reasonable sum as the board of county commissioners shall allow.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-111 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-111
§ 24-1-111. County road districts
Status: in_force

All counties shall be divided into road districts. The board of county commissioners of each county shall divide their county into road districts of as compact form and convenient size as is practicable, and embracing the territory within an election district, if possible, and may change or alter said road district from time to time as the public convenience may require.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-116 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-116
§ 24-5-116. Road established; awards paid; certificate of legal description of property to be filed
Status: in_force

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 consider petitions for and remonstrances against the establishment of such industrial road. In case there shall be no claim for damages filed, they shall act as speedily as possible in the matter. The board may increase or diminish the damages allowed by the appraisers. The amount of damages awarded, if any, shall immediately be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto or deposited with the county clerk for delivery, which payment shall be without prejudice to the right of such person or persons to appeal to the district court as provided by law. When the road has been established and the award paid by the board of the county commissioners to the person or persons entitled thereto or deposited with the county clerk, the highway authorities and the contractors and employees may take possession and exercise full control of the lands within the right-of-way of the road so established. A certificate, authorized by the board of the county commissioners and signed by its chairman, setting forth the legal description of the property taken shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and indexed in like manner and with like effect as if it were a conveyance of the easement or right-of-way from said owners to the county.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-112 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-112
§ 24-10-112. Change of rules and regulations to conform with federal law
Status: in_force

In the event the general requirements of title 23, United States Code, “Highways”, or existing rules and regulations of the United States department of transportation become amended or changed to less restrictive conditions than presently exist, then, the commission is empowered to amend or change such rules and regulations that they may have adopted to come into conformity with the federal law, rule and regulation; however, in no event shall this act become more restrictive than is indicated herein by said federal action.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-131 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-131
§ 24-1-131. Travel centers
Status: in_force

(a) The transportation commission and the director of the department of transportation shall ensure that all buildings owned or controlled by the department of transportation and utilized as travel centers are directed and operated by one (1) or more agencies appointed by the transportation commission for the best interests of all Wyoming people. For purposes of this section an agency may be defined as a chamber of commerce, or any state or local governmental entity. If no agency is appointed, the commission shall direct and operate the travel centers.

(b) The department of transportation, in consultation with the commission, shall establish facilities at one (1) or more travel centers to accept donations in support of wildlife conservation efforts related to the transportation system. Funds collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the wildlife conservation account created under W.S. 31-2-231(b) . In carrying out the requirements of this subsection, the department may enter into agreements with financial institutions or persons operating remote electronic terminals for the collection of donations.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-11-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 11 / Section 24-11-101
§ 24-11-101. Special obligation loans
Status: in_force

The Wyoming transportation commission, a public instrumentality of the state of Wyoming, may borrow money from the Wyoming community development authority. Borrowing shall be evidenced by a special obligation loan or loans bearing interest at a rate or rates not exceeding ten percent (10%) per annum. Any such special obligation loan shall not constitute a debt nor an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitations. The proceeds of each special obligation loan shall be used for the purpose of constructing or otherwise acquiring highway facilities which become necessary by reason of the location and expansion of mineral extractive industries and other industrial developments in the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-118 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-118
§ 24-1-118. Construction and maintenance to be performed at expense of state; geologic formations
Status: in_force

(a) Excepting as such work may be performed through mutual agreement with other entities, either public or private, the construction and maintenance of all state highways, including all bridges, and culverts thereon, shall be performed at the expense of the state and by and under the supervision of the commission and the director of the department of transportation or his authorized representative.

(b) When a new permanent highway cut is made that exposes a bedrock geological formation:

(i) It shall be the policy of the state to leave the bedrock geological formation exposed and not to cover it with soil and planted vegetation except when:

(A) There are safety requirements that require another treatment;

(B) The exposure occurs on private, tribal or federal land that will be private, tribal or federal land once the construction is completed and the landowner desires a different reclamation; or

(C) There are cost of construction or operational reasons to remove or cover the exposed formation.

(ii) After completion of highway construction, for any exposed bedrock geological formation site within the highway right-of-way, with exceptions for site specific safety needs, an individual wishing to understand the local geology for economic, educational or private curiosity reasons may examine the cut and the exposed formation and may remove any geologic samples as may be gathered by hand or collected using geological hammers or other hand held tools;

(iii) The department of transportation shall work with the state geologist to address and resolve any grievances raised under this subsection;

(iv) For exposed bedrock geologic formations of interest to the public, the department of transportation may install appropriate signage, in compliance with applicable federal and state law, to identify the geological formation and may consult with the state geologist on the appropriateness of the signage.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-103 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-103
§ 24-6-103. Highway authorities to plan access facilities; scope and limitations of authority
Status: in_force

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 authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are hereby authorized to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide access facilities for public use wherever such authority or authorities are of the opinion that traffic conditions, present or future, will justify such special facilities; provided, that within cities, towns and villages such authority shall be subject to such municipal consent as may be provided by law. Said highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, villages, and towns, in addition to the specific powers granted in this act, shall also have and may exercise, relative to access facilities, any and all additional authority now or hereafter vested in them relative to highways or streets within their respective jurisdictions. Said units may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of such access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with W.S. 24-6-102 .
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-112 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-112
§ 24-3-112. Objections and claims for damages; when barred
Status: in_force

No objections or claims for damages shall be filed or made after the noon [12:00 p.m.] of the day fixed for filing the same, and if no objections or claims for damages are filed, on or before noon [12:00 p.m.] of the day fixed for filing the same, they shall be disregarded, and not considered, and shall be deemed to have been waived and barred.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-111 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-111
§ 24-6-111. Service stations not to be constructed or located within right-of-way
Status: in_force

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 or used for or in connection with, an access facility, as defined by W.S. 24-6-102 .
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-108 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-108
§ 24-6-108. Property rights of abutting residents
Status: in_force

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 afford said residents access to said facility within five hundred (500) feet of their homes or places of business; or in the alternative, and at the option of the proper highway authorities, service roads shall be built so as to afford said residents a convenient route to the nearest city, town or village adjoining them.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-104 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-104
§ 24-3-104. Viewer; oath; scope of investigation
Status: in_force

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 his oath in the office of the county clerk. He shall not be confined to the precise matter of the petition, but may inquire or determine whether that, or any road, in the vicinity of the proposed or altered road, answering the same purpose is required.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-121 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-121
§ 24-3-121. Appeals from decisions of county commissioners; recovery of damages; court costs
Status: in_force

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 record, but no judgment shall be entered therefor. The amount thus ascertained shall be certified by the clerk of the court to the county clerk who shall thereafter proceed as if such amount had been allowed by the board of the county commissioners to the claimant as damages. If the appellant shall fail to recover an amount exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) above the amount allowed to him by the board of the county commissioners, he shall pay all costs of the appeal.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-106 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-106
§ 24-10-106. Size, lighting and spacing; where signs may be erected
Status: in_force

(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 primary systems designated in W.S. 24-10-104 shall conform to those promulgated and submitted by the secretary of transportation to the congress of the United States on or about January 10, 1967.

(b) No sign face within the state of Wyoming shall exceed the following limits:

(i) Maximum area--twelve hundred (1,200) square feet;

(ii) Maximum length--sixty (60) feet;

(iii) Maximum height--twenty-five (25) feet.

(c) No more than two (2) facings visible and readable from the same direction on the main-traveled way may be erected on any one (1) sign structure. Whenever two (2) facings are so positioned, neither shall exceed three hundred twenty-five (325) square feet.

(d) Double-faced, back-to-back and V-type signs shall be considered as a single sign or structure.

(e) No new sign shall be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet to an existing off-premises sign adjacent to an interstate highway; provided, that signs may be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet if the sign structures on the same side of the interstate are not simultaneously visible and are separated by a building or other enclosed structure.

(f) No new sign shall be erected closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to an existing off-premise sign adjacent to a primary highway; provided, that signs may be erected closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet if the sign structures on the same side of the highway are not visible simultaneously or are separated by a building or other enclosed structure.

(g) Signs may not be located within five hundred (500) feet of any of the following which are adjacent to the highway, unless the signs are in an incorporated area:

(i) Public parks;

(ii) Public forests;

(iii) Public playground;

(iv) Scenic areas as designated by the department of transportation or other state agency having and exercising such authority;

(v) Cemeteries.

(h) No sign may be located on an interstate highway or freeway within five hundred (500) feet of an interchange, or intersection at grade, or rest area measured in both directions from the point of widening as constructed.

(j) The location of sign structure situated on the limited access primary highways in commercial or industrial zoned area between streets, roads or highways entering or intersecting the main-traveled way shall conform to the following minimum spacing criteria:

(i) Where the distance between centerlines of intersecting streets or highways is less than one thousand (1,000) feet, a minimum spacing between structures of one hundred fifty (150) feet may be permitted between the intersecting streets or highways;

(ii) Where the distance between centerlines of intersecting streets or highways is one thousand (1,000) feet or more, minimum spacing between sign structures shall be three hundred (300) feet.

(k) The commission may, for good cause shown, permit a variance in the restrictions set forth herein.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-9-103 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 9 / Section 24-9-103
§ 24-9-103. Report of viewers and appraisers; trial to the court; costs
Status: repealed

(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 them, and the defendant entitled to such damages. Upon receiving the report of the viewers and appraisers, the matter shall be tried to the court without a jury. The court may accept, reject or modify the report and recommendations. The court shall select the most reasonable and convenient route for the access, provided that access shall be along section and boundary lines whenever practical. The court shall issue a final order specifying the route, any conditions imposed by the court and any damages and costs to be paid by the plaintiff.

(b) A party may appeal any final judgment of the district court under this section to the supreme court.

(c) After the court has received a survey of the route and proof of payment of any damages and costs ordered to be paid, the court shall enter an order incorporating a legal description of the road, a legal description of the land benefitted by the road, declaring the road to be a private road, and citing in the order any conditions imposed by the court. A certified copy of the court's order shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.

(d) In addition to paying any damages to be suffered by the defendants, the court shall order the plaintiff to pay appropriate costs, which shall include any survey, plat, engineering and construction costs incurred concerning the location and construction of the road.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2013, ch. 99, § 3.

(f) In addition to paying other damages and costs required by this section and by W.S. 24-9-101 , the plaintiff shall be responsible for paying the reasonable costs of an appraisal obtained by a defendant if that appraisal was adopted in substantial part as a basis for damages and varied more than fifteen percent (15%) from the valuation determined by the viewers and appraisers appointed under W.S. 24-9-101(h) .
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-105
§ 24-3-105. Viewer; factors to be considered
Status: in_force

In forming his judgment the viewer shall take into consideration both the public and private convenience, and also the expense of the proposed road.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-13-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 13 / Section 24-13-101
§ 24-13-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Utility Relocation Assistance Act of 1989”.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-101
§ 24-5-101. Program in addition to any existing road program
Status: in_force

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 construction program or any other road program now in existence.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-109 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-109
§ 24-3-109. Survey of proposed location for new road; recordation required
Status: in_force

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 thereof, if such survey is deemed necessary, and to plat and record the same in the book provided by the county for such purpose; and a copy of said plat and notes of survey shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the office of the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-104 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-104
§ 24-5-104. Viewers to be sworn; scope of inquiry
Status: in_force

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 clerk. They shall not be confined to the precise matter of the petition but may inquire or determine whether an industrial road in the vicinity is required.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-15-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 15 / Section 24-15-102
§ 24-15-102. Public transit account
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a public transit account within the highway fund. The department shall fund the program annually with one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) using unrestricted state highway funds. Funds provided to the state under the federal Transit Act and other funds that may become available to assist urban and rural public transit programs shall be in addition to funding provided from unrestricted highway funds. Funds in the account shall be distributed and expended in accordance with federal requirements and department rules and regulations.

(b) Recipients of funds under the federal Transit Act may transfer unused grant funds for the benefit of other public transit programs in the state, subject to the following:

(i) Any transfer of funds under this paragraph shall require the approval of the governor;

(ii) Transferred federal funds under this paragraph shall be reimbursed to the transferor by the department from unrestricted state highway funds to be used as local match for federal funds at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) for every three dollars ($3.00) of federal funds transferred by the transferor;

(iii) To the extent not reimbursed from unrestricted state funds, the federal funds transferred shall be used for the benefit of public transit program grantees for the acquisition of new transit vehicles, replacement of transit vehicles or rehabilitation of vehicles in the transit fleet;

(iv) Federal funds transferred by a program grantee may be carried over into the following fiscal year by the department or a recipient public transit program grantee.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-109 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-109
§ 24-10-109. What outdoor advertising deemed unlawful; procedure for removal
Status: in_force

(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) When a permit is not obtained as prescribed in this act; or

(iii) When a permittee fails to comply with a notice of violation as provided in W.S. 24-10-108 .

(b) The commission shall give notice in writing, either by certified mail or by personal service, to the owner or occupant of the land on which such advertising is located and the owner of the advertising structure, if the latter is known, or if unknown, by posting notice in a conspicuous place on said structure of its intention to remove the advertising deemed unlawful. Within fifteen (15) days after notice, the owner of the land or the structure may make written request for a hearing. The commission shall set a date for a hearing thirty (30) days after notice thereof is received. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act governing contested cases. The commission shall keep a full and complete record of such hearing, make and enter its findings, conclusions and decisions in the matter and mail copies thereof by certified mail to the owner of the land and the structure.

(c) If a hearing before the commission is not requested, or if there is no appeal taken from the commission's decision at such hearing, or if the commission's decision is affirmed on appeal, the commission shall immediately remove the offending outdoor advertising at its own expense.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-110 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-110
§ 24-1-110. Speed or acceleration contest or exhibition on highways
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall engage in any motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest, or exhibition of speed or acceleration on any highway without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway. No person shall aid or abet in any such motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest or exhibition on any highway, without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway.

(b) No person shall for the purpose of facilitating or aiding or as an incident to any motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest upon a highway, in any manner obstruct or place or assist in placing any barricade or obstruction upon any highway without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway.

(c) Any person who violates this section shall upon conviction be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ten (10) days or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-6-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 24-6-102
§ 24-6-102. Access facility defined
Status: in_force

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 or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such controlled access facility or for any other reason. Such highways or streets may be parkways, from which trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles may be excluded; or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-7-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 24-7-101
§ 24-7-101. Subject to city or town election
Status: in_force

(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 such city or town as to divert the present route of the same in such city or town nor to bypass such city or town except with the express approval of the people thereof.

(b) In any incorporated city or town when the decision is to be made, the proposal to move or relocate a highway shall be submitted at any regular or special election in the municipality to the qualified electors thereof. The ballot question shall set forth a concise and accurate summary of the proposed change and shall permit and direct each voter to vote either “For the Proposed Change” or “Against the Proposed Change”. The election shall be conducted in all respects as any other municipal election. If a majority of those voting are in favor of the proposal to move or relocate the highway, the proposal carries. Otherwise, the proposal fails.

(c) If the majority of the ballots cast in such election in any town or city shall be in favor of the proposed change, as herein provided, then the governing board of such city or town shall proceed to effectuate the same, but if the majority in either case shall oppose such change then such governing board shall have no further jurisdiction or authority to consider or act upon the same; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the governing board of any city or town wherein, because of congestion of motor vehicle traffic, narrowness of streets, density of fumes, smoke or exhaust, intensity or frequency of unusually loud sounds, or other cause, the passage of motor vehicles consisting of more than one (1) self-propelled unit constitutes a nuisance or an actual danger to health or safety, as determined by such governing board, from establishing a separate route for such multi-unit motor vehicles around such city or town but connecting with public highways at or near the boundaries thereof, by acquiring lands or easements for rights-of-way for such routes, which need not be dedicated to the public nor to the public use but may be laid out as private highways solely for the use of such multi-unit motor vehicles.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-122 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-122
§ 24-1-122. Highways subject to injury from cattle; designation of substitute highway
Status: in_force

In case of such designation it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to provide in lieu of the portion of such highway, so designated, a highway for herds and flocks of cattle, horses and sheep which shall be reasonably safe and convenient for that purpose and shall be a reasonably convenient way of access to the same place that would otherwise be reached by the portions of the road or highway designated as not a highway for cattle, horses or sheep as aforesaid.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-130 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-130
§ 24-1-130. Administration of highway safety provisions and programs
Status: in_force

The governor, in addition to other duties and responsibilities conferred upon him by the constitution and laws of this state is hereby empowered to contract and to do all other things necessary to secure the full benefits available to this state under the federal Highway Safety Act of 1966 [ 23 U.S.C. §§ 401 et seq. ] and in so doing, to cooperate with federal and state agencies, private and public organizations, and with individuals, to effectuate the purposes of that enactment, and any and all subsequent amendments thereto. The governor shall be responsible for and is hereby empowered to administer through such appropriate agency of this state as he shall designate within thirty (30) days from the date hereof, the highway safety programs of this state and those of its political subdivisions, all in accordance with said act and federal rules and regulations in implementation thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-115 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-115
§ 24-3-115. Appraisers; notification of appointment required; contents
Status: in_force

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 account of the location or alteration of the said road, with the amount of damages asked by each claimant, third, stating when their report must be filed, and fourth, the law relating to their duty as found in W.S. 24-3-116 . The county clerk shall prepare suitable blanks, for such notice, for the oath of the appraisers and for the report, a proper number of which shall be forwarded by him to them.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-10-111 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-10-111
§ 24-10-111. More restrictive ordinances saved
Status: in_force

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.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-3-102 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-3-102
§ 24-3-102. Requiring deposit by petitioners
Status: in_force

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 laying out, vacating or altering such road, and such expense, when so incurred, shall be paid out of such deposit. If the road is finally established, altered or vacated, the money so deposited shall be returned to the person who deposited the same.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-110 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-110
§ 24-5-110. Fixing date for filing objections or claims for damages
Status: in_force

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 for damages by reason thereof shall be filed with the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-105 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-105
§ 24-2-105. Appointment of director; qualifications; salary and expenses; powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall submit a minimum of three (3) names of qualified candidates to the governor who shall appoint a director of the department of transportation. The director shall receive an annual salary as provided by law, payable in equal monthly installments. He shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties, and shall give his entire time to the duties of his office. With the approval of the commission, the director shall have complete charge of laying out and establishing highways upon which any portion of the state highway fund is to be expended, including expenditures for roads now in existence or in the future to be constructed, which are part of the state highway system which are located within or partially within the national forests' boundaries, and shall purchase all materials, supplies and equipment, including road-building machinery, materials, supplies and equipment, and shall employ such engineers, superintendents and employees with salaries as provided by law, as necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the department and the construction work undertaken by it. The director, with the approval of the commission, may promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, necessary for the proper performance of the duties and functions of the department.

(b) Notwithstanding 1991 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 241, Section 1(a)(iv), the director of the department of transportation is authorized to regulate and control the expenditure of any administrative funds not otherwise provided by law and not specifically regulated and controlled by the transportation commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-120 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-120
§ 24-1-120. Administration of provisions; maximum overhead expenses
Status: in_force

It is hereby provided that all expenses of the maintenance of office, offices, salary, salaries, engineering, surveying, field supervision and other overhead expenses in connection with the administration of this act, shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount expended each year under the provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-5-109 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-5-109
§ 24-5-109. Notice of proposed location of road; form of notice; publication; posting; registered mail
Status: in_force

(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 two (2) successive weeks in the designated official newspaper of the county, which notice shall be in the following form:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of the County Commissioners have decided to locate a road commencing at ․․․․ in ․․․․ County, Wyoming, running thence (here describe in general terms the points and courses thereof), and terminating at ․․․․ All objections thereto or claims for damages by reason thereof must be filed in writing with the County Clerk of said county, before noon on the ․․․․ day of ․․․․, (year), or such road will be established without reference to such objections or claims for damages.

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(b) At the time the initial notices are published, the board of the county commissioners shall cause a copy of the above notice to be mailed by registered mail to all persons owning lands or any persons interested in lands over and across which said road is proposed to be located. The publication and posting of said notice shall be a legal and sufficient notice to all persons owning lands or claiming any interest in lands over which proposed road is to be located.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-2-101 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-2-101
§ 24-2-101. Department and commission created; qualifications; appointment; term; removal; compensation; location of offices; power to bring civil actions; official seal
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a department of transportation to consist of a transportation commission and a director of the department of transportation. The commission shall consist of seven (7) commissioners, of whom no more than seventy-five percent (75%) shall be registered in the same political party. They shall biennially elect their chairman on or after the first day of March. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and each shall serve for a term of six (6) years. The terms of all commissioners appointed after the effective date of this section shall terminate on the last day of February of the sixth year of the term regardless of the date of the beginning of the term. The governor may remove any commissioner as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .

(b) One (1) commissioner shall be appointed from each of the following districts:

(i) District No. 1 composed of the counties of Laramie, Goshen and Platte;

(ii) District No. 2 composed of the counties of Albany, Carbon and Sweetwater;

(iii) District No. 3 composed of the counties of Lincoln, Teton, Sublette and Uinta;

(iv) District No. 4 composed of the counties of Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan;

(v) District No. 5 composed of the counties of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie;

(vi) District No. 6 composed of the counties of Crook, Niobrara and Weston;

(vii) District No. 7 composed of the counties of Converse, Fremont and Natrona.

(c) The appointment in each district shall rotate successively among the several counties comprising the district. If any commissioner ceases to reside in, or for a continuous period of six (6) months or more is absent from the county, the governor shall declare his office vacant and shall appoint a successor from the same county in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 .

(d) Each commissioner shall qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office, and each shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per year and actual and necessary traveling expenses while away from home in the performance of the duties of office, to be paid from the state highway fund.

(e) The commission shall maintain offices at the state capital. The commission is empowered to sue in the name of the “Transportation Commission of Wyoming”, and may be sued by that name in the courts of this state and in no other jurisdiction upon any contract executed by it. The attorney general is the legal advisor of the commission and shall prosecute and defend all actions and shall also appear in all proceedings in any federal department in which the commission is a party or is interested.

(f) The commission shall have a seal bearing the words “Transportation Commission of Wyoming, Official Seal”, and all copies of all records and other instruments in the office of the commission, certified under the hand of its secretary with the seal affixed shall be received in any court as prima facie evidence of the original record or instrument.

(g) Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 .

(h) The commission, department and appropriate divisions within the department may operate upon a federal fiscal year basis commencing October 1 of each year. The commission, department and all divisions within the department shall report revenues and expenditures upon a state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010.
Wyo. Stat. § 24-1-129 — WY Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-1-129
§ 24-1-129. Marking of bypasses
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the policy of the state of Wyoming that where the Wyoming department of transportation has by law authorized a bypass to be built around any incorporated city or town, or an unincorporated community of the state of Wyoming, regardless of the population of such city, town or unincorporated community, the officially designated state highway and federal highway markings shall remain on the existing highway through the incorporated city or town or unincorporated community and the existing highway shall be retained and the new bypass highway shall carry the designation “bypass” or other similar markings.