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WY Stat § 24-10-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-104 - Outdoor Advertising Visible From Highways Prohibited; Exceptions.

24-10-104. Outdoor advertising visible from highways prohibited; exceptions.| (a) No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained which is visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highways in this state, except the following:  (i) Directional and other official 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.
WY Stat § 24-10-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-105 - Regulations of Commission.

24-10-105. Regulations of commission.| The commission is hereby authorized to make and promulgate regulations to control the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices along the interstate and primary highway systems in conformance with the terms of this act and in conformity with section 131 of title 23, United States Code as amended.
WY Stat § 24-10-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-107 - Permits and Identification Tags.

24-10-107. Permits and identification tags.| (a) Within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, no outdoor advertising authorized by W.S. 24-10-104(a)(i), (iv) and (v) shall be maintained without a permit. Applications for permits shall be made to the commission on forms furnished by it. The commission shall require reasonable information to be furnished, including a statement that the owner or occupant of the land has consented to the erection or maintenance of the sign or signs thereon. A permit must be obtained for each advertising structure and the application for such permit must be accompanied by an initial fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).  (b) Permits shall be for three (3) years, shall be assigned a permit number, and shall be renewed annually thereafter upon payment of not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) without the filing of a new application. All fees shall be paid into the state highway fund. All such fees collected shall be used by the commission for relocation or damages, but not for administrative purposes.  (c) The commission shall issue with each new permit a permanent identification tag not larger than six (6) square inches which shall be affixed to the sign in a position readily visible from the highway.  (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the commission shall issue permits and identification tags, upon application and payment of the requisite fee for any structure lawfully in existence on the day prior to the effective date of this act, and the permits shall thereafter be renewed for such period of time as is prescribed herein, unless the structure is removed for improper maintenance. Permits shall be obtained prior to the beginning of construction of any sign. Signs lawfully in place on the effective date of this act shall have permits.
WY Stat § 24-10-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-108 - Revocation of Permits and Removal of Signs.

24-10-108. Revocation of permits and removal of signs.| When the commission determines that a false or misleading statement has been made in the application for a permit or that the structure for which a permit was issued is not in a reasonable state of repair, is unsafe or in poor repair or 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.
WY Stat § 24-10-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-109 - What Outdoor Advertising Deemed Unlawful; Procedure for Removal.

24-10-109. What outdoor advertising deemed unlawful; procedure for removal.| (a) The following outdoor advertising is deemed unlawful:  (i) When erected after the effective date of this act contrary to the provisions of this act; or  (ii) 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.
WY Stat § 24-10-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-110 - Power of Commission to Acquire and Remove Existing Advertising; Compensation.

24-10-110. Power of commission to acquire and remove existing advertising; compensation.| (a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, agreement, exchange or eminent domain any existing outdoor advertising and all property rights pertaining to same which were lawfully in existence on 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.
WY Stat § 24-10-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-111 - More Restrictive Ordinances Saved.

24-10-111. More restrictive ordinances saved.| Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which is more restrictive than the provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 24-10-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-112 - Change of Rules and Regulations to Conform With Federal Law.

24-10-112. Change of rules and regulations to conform with federal law.| 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.
WY Stat § 24-10-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-113 - Severability.

24-10-113. Severability.| 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.
WY Stat § 24-10-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 24-10-115 - Violations a Misdemeanor.

24-10-115. Violations a misdemeanor.| Any person violating any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
WY Stat § 24-11-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 11 - Loans to Transportation Commission|Section 24-11-101 - Special Obligation Loans.

24-11-101. Special obligation loans.| 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.
WY Stat § 24-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 12 - Highway Patrol|Section 24-12-101 - Established; Composition; Designation of Rank; Administrator Appointed; to Hold Rank of Colonel.

24-12-101. Established; composition; designation of rank; administrator appointed; to hold rank of colonel.| The highway patrol division within the department of transportation is established to consist of personnel to be appointed and designated as to rank by the administrator of the highway patrol. The director shall appoint an administrator of the highway patrol division who shall hold the rank of colonel.
WY Stat § 24-12-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 12 - Highway Patrol|Section 24-12-102 - Duties Generally; Emergencies; Coordination.

24-12-102. Duties generally; emergencies; coordination.| (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 report annually to the division of criminal investigation the number of times and dates that the alert system was used, the age, race and gender of the abducted person, whether the abduction was thwarted and whether the alert system assisted in resolving the abduction. In addition:  (i) If the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes:  (A) Operate or seek to operate an alert system under the integrated public alert and warning system or successor system on the Wind River Reservation, adhering to the United States department of justice criteria, the Wyoming office of homeland security and state highway patrol shall assist and coordinate with any tribal agency in establishing or operating that system;  (B) Report missing or endangered persons to the state highway patrol, the state highway patrol shall employ the alert system 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 or manage other alert systems to aid in the safe recovery of missing or endangered persons.
WY Stat § 24-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 12 - Highway Patrol|Section 24-12-103 - Members to Have Powers of Peace Officers; Exception.

24-12-103. Members to have powers of peace officers; exception.| 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.
WY Stat § 24-13-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance|Section 24-13-101 - Short Title.

24-13-101. Short title.| This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Utility Relocation Assistance Act of 1989".
WY Stat § 24-13-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance|Section 24-13-102 - Definitions.

24-13-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this chapter:  (i) "Cost of relocation" means the entire amount paid by a utility properly attributable to relocation after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility;  (ii) "Department" means the department of transportation created by W.S. 24-2-101;  (iii) "Federal-aid highway system" means the federal-aid primary highway system, the federal-aid secondary highway system and the interstate system, including extensions of any of them within urban areas;  (iv) "Interstate system" means any highway now or hereafter included as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways provided for in Title 23 of the United States Code;  (v) "Utility" means all publicly, privately and cooperatively owned utilities, regulated and unregulated, supplying utility services to or for the public.
WY Stat § 24-13-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance|Section 24-13-103 - Relocation of Utility Facilities; Payment of Costs.

24-13-103. Relocation of utility facilities; payment of costs.| If the relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the construction of a project on the federal-aid highway system, the owner or operator of that utility facility shall relocate the facility at its expense and in accordance with the order of the director of the department of transportation. Upon completing the relocation, the department shall determine the cost of relocation and may pay any portion of that amount to the utility.
WY Stat § 24-13-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance|Section 24-13-104 - Applicability of Chapter.

24-13-104. Applicability of chapter.| (a) This chapter does not apply to any taking or damaging of property for which a utility is entitled to compensation pursuant to:  (i) Other applicable law;  (ii) The constitution of this state or of the United States; or  (iii) A binding agreement inuring to the utility's benefit.
WY Stat § 24-14-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 14 - State Park Road Program|Section 24-14-101 - Program in Addition to Any Existing Road Program.

24-14-101. Program in addition to any existing road program.| 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.
WY Stat § 24-14-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 14 - State Park Road Program|Section 24-14-102 - State Park Road Account.

24-14-102. State park road account.| 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.
WY Stat § 24-15-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 15 - Public Transit Program|Section 24-15-101 - Public Transit Program Created; Duties.

24-15-101. Public transit program created; duties.| (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.
WY Stat § 24-15-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 15 - Public Transit Program|Section 24-15-102 - Public Transit Account.

24-15-102. Public transit account.| (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.
WY Stat § 25-2-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 25 - Institutions of the State|Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary|Section 25-2-101 - Seal of Warden; Copies of Papers Displaying Seal Received as Evidence.

25-2-101. Seal of warden; copies of papers displaying seal received as evidence.| (a) The warden of the penitentiary shall have an official seal bearing the words "Warden of the Penitentiary of the State of Wyoming" of which the courts of this state shall take judicial notice.  (b) When the official seal of the warden is affixed to copies of papers, books and records kept in his office, the copies are competent evidence in the courts and have the same force and effect as the originals.
WY Stat § 25-2-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 25 - Institutions of the State|Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary|Section 25-2-102 - Authority to Establish and Maintain Penitentiary Farms; Disposition of Funds From Sales or Services; Supervision.

25-2-102. Authority to establish and maintain penitentiary farms; disposition of funds from sales or services; supervision.| (a) The state may establish, maintain and operate one (1) or more penitentiary farms and camps as needed to provide a place of confinement and employment of convicted felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution.  (b) All funds received from the sale of products or services produced on penitentiary farms and camps shall be credited to a separate account.  (c) All penitentiary farms and camps established shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the department of corrections.
WY Stat § 25-2-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 25 - Institutions of the State|Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary|Section 25-2-103 - Wyoming Women's Center; Establishment; Purpose; Supervision.

25-2-103. Wyoming women's center; establishment; purpose; supervision.| (a) The Wyoming women's center is established at Lusk, Wyoming, to provide a place of confinement, employment and training for convicted female felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution.  (b) The Wyoming women's center shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the department of corrections.
WY Stat § 25-2-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 25 - Institutions of the State|Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary|Section 25-2-104 - Wyoming Correctional Facility; Establishment; Purpose; Supervision.

25-2-104. Wyoming correctional facility; establishment; purpose; supervision.| (a) The Wyoming correctional facility is established at Torrington, Wyoming, to provide a place of confinement, employment and training for convicted felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution.  (b) The Wyoming correctional facility shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the department of corrections.