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MO Rev Stat § 226.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.500 - Purpose of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   226.500. Purpose of law. — The general assembly finds and declares that outdoor advertising is a legitimate commercial use of private property adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems and that it is necessary to regulate and control same to promote highway safety, to promote convenience and enjoyment of highway travel, and to preserve the natural scenic beauty of highways and adjacent areas. The general assembly further declares it to be the policy of this state that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems be regulated in accordance with sections 226.500 to 226.600 and rules and regulations promulgated by the state highways and transportation commission pursuant thereto and may confer with the department of public safety regarding highway safety, the department of economic development and the state division of tourism with regard to promoting the convenience and enjoyment of highway travel, and the departments of conservation and natural resources regarding the preservation of the natural scenic beauty of adjacent areas. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 1, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1402)  (2003) Term "outdoor advertising" includes blank billboards as well as billboards that display advertising, and sign is not increased in size by mere addition of a message. Natural Resources, Inc. v. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, 107 S.W.3d 451 (Mo.App.S.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 226.501 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.501 - Tenth amendment to United States Constitution quoted.

Effective - 30 Mar 1972   226.501. Tenth amendment to United States Constitution quoted. — Be it remembered that the tenth amendment to the United States Constitution reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people". ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 382 § B)  Effective 3-30-72
MO Rev Stat § 226.502 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.502 - Legislative intent — funds to be used.

Effective - 30 Mar 1972   *226.502. Legislative intent — funds to be used. — It is declared that the legislative intent of this act is to improve the safety and convenience of the highways of this state.  (1) It may be determined by the general assembly that funds shall be expended from the state road fund for the purposes of this act, or  (2) Any funds expended by the state hereunder as may be necessary to comply with any federal law or requirement which is or may become a condition to receipt of federal funds for highway purposes shall be appropriated only from state highway funds. ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 382)  Effective 3-30-72   *Revisor's note: Language in this section taken from unnumbered paragraphs following 226.580.4 in S.C.S. S.B. 382, 1972.
MO Rev Stat § 226.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.510 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   226.510. Definitions. — As used in sections 226.500 to 226.600, the following words or phrases mean:  (1) "Freeway primary highway", that part of a federal-aid primary highway system, as of June 1, 1991, which has been constructed as divided, dual lane fully controlled access facilities with no access to the throughways except the established interchanges. When existing two-lane highways are being upgraded to four-lane limited access, the regulations for freeway primary highways shall apply as of the date the state highways and transportation commission acquires all access rights on the adjoining right-of-way;  (2) "Interstate system", that portion of the national system of interstate highways located within the boundaries of Missouri, as officially designated or may be hereafter designated by the state highways and transportation commission with the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to Title 23, United States Code, as amended;  (3) "Outdoor advertising", an outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information contents of which is visible from any point of the traveled ways of the interstate or primary systems;  (4) "Primary system", the federal-aid primary highways as of June 1, 1991, and all highways designated as part of the National Highway System by the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and those highways subsequently designated as part of the National Highway System;  (5) "Rest area", an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public, except that the term shall not include automotive service stations, hotels, motels, restaurants or other commerce facilities of like nature;  (6) "Urban area", an urban place as designated by the Bureau of the Census, having a population of five thousand or more within boundaries to be fixed by the state highways and transportation commission and local officials in cooperation with each other and approved by the Secretary of Transportation, or an urbanized area as designated by the Bureau of the Census within boundaries to be fixed by the state highways and transportation commission and local officials and approved by the Secretary of Transportation. The boundary of the urban area shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urban place as designated by the Bureau of the Census. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 2, A.L. 1972 S.B. 382, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1478, A.L. 1999 S.B. 61)
MO Rev Stat § 226.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.530 - Permits — rulemaking.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   226.530. Permits — rulemaking. — The state highways and transportation commission is required to issue one-time permanent permits as provided in section 226.550 for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising along the interstate and primary highway systems and subject to section 226.540 to promulgate only those rules and regulations of minimal necessity and consistent with customary use to secure to this state any federal aid contingent upon compliance with federal laws, rules and regulations relating to outdoor advertising. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 4, A.L. 1972 S.B. 382, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)  (1977) Held, it was intent of legislature to require permits for all signs other than those in areas zoned commercial and industrial. Different treatment in zoned and unzoned areas is a reasonable classification. National Advertising Co. v. State Highway Commission (A.), 549 S.W.2d 536. (1992) The commission has discretion to permit logo signs, where logo signs announce the availability of purveyors of food, fuel and lodging at highway exits. Program represents a use of the right of way by the commission and does not violate section which refers to restrictions on signs on private property, but visible from the highway. The signs give specific information of interest to the traveling public. Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association, Inc. v. Missouri State Highways and Transportation Commission, 826 S.W.2d 342 (Mo. en banc). (1993) Local ordinance which directly prohibits any new off-premises commercial signs and does not merely supplement or enlarge billboards act is preempted by sections 226.500 to 226.600, RSMo, because ordinance conflicts with express purpose of statutes. National Advertising Co. v. Mo. State Highway and Transportation Commission, 862 S.W.2d 953 (Mo. App. E.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 226.532 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.532 - Attorney general to represent the state in certain actions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   226.532. Attorney general to represent the state in certain actions. — The attorney general shall represent the state in all actions and proceedings arising from this section 573.510*. Also, all costs incurred by the attorney general to defend or prosecute this section 573.510*, including payment of all court costs, civil judgments and, if necessary, any attorneys fees, shall be paid from the general revenue fund. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 870 § 1)  *Section 573.510 does not exist.
MO Rev Stat § 226.535 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.535 - Travel information signs, where erected — rules to be consistent with national standards.

Effective - 30 Mar 1972   226.535. Travel information signs, where erected — rules to be consistent with national standards. — Signs, displays, and devices giving specific information of interest to the traveling public shall be erected and maintained within the right-of-way in such areas, in an appropriate distance from interchanges on the interstate system as shall conform with the rules and regulations promulgated by the highway department. Such rules shall be consistent with national standards promulgated from time to time by the appropriate authority of the federal government, pursuant to Title 23, section 131, paragraph f, of the United States Code. ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 382)  Effective 3-30-72
MO Rev Stat § 226.545 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.545 - Landmark signs, permitted when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   226.545. Landmark signs, permitted when. — Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 226.500 to 226.600, outdoor advertising signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, determined by agreement between the state highways and transportation commission and the Secretary of Transportation to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, of historical or artistic significance may be maintained. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1478)
MO Rev Stat § 226.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.560 - Certain provisions to affect subsequently erected signs only.

Effective - 30 Mar 1972   226.560. Certain provisions to affect subsequently erected signs only. — The provisions contained herein relating to size, spacing and lighting in zoned and unzoned commercial and industrial areas shall apply only to signs erected subsequent to March 30, 1972. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 7, A.L. 1972 S.B. 382)  Effective 3-30-72
MO Rev Stat § 226.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.570 - Highways and transportation commission to remove and pay for signs, order of removal — funds must be available before removal — removal of certain signs must be ordered by Secretary of Transportation.

Effective - 30 Mar 1972   226.570. Highways and transportation commission to remove and pay for signs, order of removal — funds must be available before removal — removal of certain signs must be ordered by Secretary of Transportation. — 1. The state highways and transportation commission is directed to acquire by purchase, exchange, agreement, eminent domain, gift or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation for the removal of lawfully existing outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices not permitted to be maintained under sections 226.500 to 226.600, but any signs advertising tourist oriented type business will be the last to be removed. Eminent domain shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of chapter 523.  (1) Just compensation shall be paid for outdoor advertising and all property rights pertaining to same which are acquired including the taking from the owner of such sign, display, or device, and in his leasehold or other interest in the land; and the taking from the owner of the real property on which the sign, display, or device is located, of the right to erect and maintain such signs, displays, and devices thereon.  (2) Despite any contrary provision in sections 226.500 to 226.600, no lawfully existing sign shall be required to be removed unless at the time of removal there are sufficient funds, from whatever source, appropriated and allocated and 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(g) of Title 23, United States Code, have been appropriated and allocated and are immediately available to this state.  2. Any outdoor advertising in existence along the interstate or primary system on March 30, 1972, which is not subject to removal pursuant to section 226.580 and which is not in conformity with the provisions of sections 226.500 to 226.600 shall not be required to be removed until such removal is required by the Secretary of Transportation. Outdoor advertising within six hundred sixty feet of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway shall not be required to be removed unless such removal is pursuant to this section or section 226.580. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 8, A.L. 1972 S.B. 382)  Effective 3-30-72
MO Rev Stat § 226.573 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.573 - Rulemaking — new technology in outdoor advertising.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   226.573. Rulemaking — new technology in outdoor advertising. — The state highways and transportation commission is authorized to adopt administrative rules regulating the use of new technology in outdoor advertising as allowed under federal regulations for federal-aid primary highways as of June 1, 1991, and all highways designated as part of the National Highway System by the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and those highways subsequently designated as part of the National Highway System. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is promulgated pursuant to the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2002, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 61, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1196 merged with H.B. 1508)
MO Rev Stat § 226.585 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.585 - Vegetation along right-of-way, cutting of — transportation department, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   226.585. Vegetation along right-of-way, cutting of — transportation department, duties. — The state transportation department may cut and trim any vegetation on the highway right-of-way which interferes with the effectiveness of or obscures a lawfully erected billboard, or the highways and transportation commission shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to permit the cutting and trimming of such vegetation on the highway or right-of-way by the owner of such billboard. The right to a vegetation permit by an outdoor advertising permit holder shall be issued in accordance with the current rules and regulations promulgated by the highways and transportation commission and shall not be denied without good cause. Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated within twelve months after August 28, 1992, or the commission shall suspend the collection of the biennial inspection fees prescribed by section 226.550 until such rules are promulgated, and such rules may include authority to charge a reasonable fee for such permit. This section shall not apply if its implementation would have the effect of making Missouri be in noncompliance with requirements of Title 23, United States Code, Section 131. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 652, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1196 merged with H.B. 1508)
MO Rev Stat § 226.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.590 - Matching funds — source.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.590. Matching funds — source. — The state highways and transportation commission is authorized to use any funds, appropriated to it or received by it from other than the state road fund for matching federal funds or for other lawful purposes of sections 226.500 to 226.600. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 226.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.600 - Penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.600. Penalty. — Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of sections 226.500 to 226.600 shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 900 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 226.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.650 - Purpose of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.650. Purpose of law. — The general assembly, for the purpose of promoting public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of highway travel and to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty of highways and adjacent areas, declares it to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict or prohibit the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems of highways in Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 1)  (1969) Junkyard licensing statute is a reasonable and proper exercise of the state's police power. Deineke v. State Highway Commission (Mo.), 444 S.W.2d 480.
MO Rev Stat § 226.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.660 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.660. Definitions. — As used in sections 226.650 to 226.720, words or phrases mean:  (1) "Automobile graveyard" means any establishment, area, or place of business maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or parts thereof;  (2) "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within the boundaries of Missouri, as officially designated or as may be hereafter designated by the state highways and transportation commission with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to Title 23, United States Code, as amended;  (3) "Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material;  (4) "Junkyard" means an establishment, area, or place of business maintained, operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying, or selling of junk or for the operation of an automobile graveyard, garbage dump or sanitary fill;  (5) "Primary system" means that portion of the highways of this state officially designated by the state highways and transportation commission as being in the primary highway system as authorized by the constitution and laws of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 226.670 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.670 - Licenses — fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.670. Licenses — fee. — No person shall operate, establish, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, without obtaining a license from the state highways and transportation commission of Missouri. The state highways and transportation commission shall have authority to issue a license for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards within the limits established in the preceding section and shall charge an annual fee of ten dollars, payable in advance. All licenses shall expire on the first day of January following the date of issue and the commission may charge a pro rata part of the annual license fee for portions of a year. Licenses shall be renewed from year to year on payment of the license fee. Such fee shall be deposited in the highway fund and be expended by the state highways and transportation commission in the administration of provisions of sections 226.650 to 226.720. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 226.680 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.680 - Prohibited areas — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.680. Prohibited areas — exceptions. — No license shall be granted for the operation of a junkyard within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of right-of-way of any highway on the interstate or primary system except the following:  (1) Those screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as to render them not visible from the traveled way of the highway involved;  (2) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law;  (3) Those located within industrial areas determined by the state highways and transportation commission from actual land use to be industrial or commercial areas;  (4) Those not visible from the right-of-way of the interstate or primary system. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 226.690 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation|Section 226.690 - Preexisting junkyards — screening — removal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   226.690. Preexisting junkyards — screening — removal. — Any junkyard lawfully in existence on August 4, 1966, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the traveled roadway of any highway on the interstate or primary system shall be screened, if feasible, by the state highways and transportation commission so as to render it not visible from such highways. When the state highways and transportation commission shall determine that adequate screening of such junkyards is not economically feasible or possible, it is authorized to acquire by purchase, exchange, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, all interests in land necessary to secure the relocation, removal, or disposal of junkyards involved and to pay for the relocation, removal, or disposal thereof. The commission may acquire such lands or interests in lands as is necessary to provide adequate screening of junkyards when it considers it to be in the best interest of the state. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 5)