New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS › Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE › Part 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS ON GAS, FOOD, LODGING, CAMPING AND ATTRACTION, TRAVELER INFORMATION SIGNS › Section 18.21.3.19 - FEES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Application
				fees: All application fees are a one-time charge and are payable on application
				approval. The application fee for each business sign placed on a motorist
				informational panel shall be in accordance with the current, approved logo fee
				schedule. A separate fee in accordance with the current, approved logo fee
				schedule, shall be applicable for each business sign placed on a supplemental
				ramp directional panel. A separate fee, in accordance with the current,
				approved logo fee schedule, shall be applicable for each business sign
				installed as trailblazer at a crossroads between the ramp terminus and the
				location of the business. If a business is not visible from the exit ramp
				terminal, the motorist services information, shown on the specific information
				panels shall be repeated on the supplemental panels located along the
				interchange ramp where distance allows or at the ramp terminal.
B. Annual rental fees: In addition to the
				application fee, an annual rental fee, in accordance with the current, approved
				logo fee schedule, for each business sign affixed to a traveler informational
				panel, not including supplemental ramp signs and/or trailblazers shall be paid
				annually. The advertiser shall be notified when the traveler information panel
				is erected and the logo installed and the rental fee is then due. Rental fees
				shall be reviewed periodically to determine their relationship to the cost of
				operation of this program. Rental fees not received within thirty (30) days of
				notification to the applicant by the department shall subject applicant's
				application to revocation and removal of his sign without application fees
				being refunded.
C. Fee schedule
				preparation: In the event the department chooses to use an independent
				contractor, the contractor will prepare a logo sign fee schedule that shall be
				included as part of his proposal and is, therefore, subject to approval by the
				department. At the end of four years the logo sign fee schedule should be
				reviewed by the department and the contractor, at which time any necessary
				changes can be made. If the department does not choose to use an independent
				contractor, the department will prepare the logo sign fee schedule.
D. Retention and refunding fees.
(1) If an application for a permit is, for
				any reason not granted or renewed, all fees tendered with the application shall
				be refunded. If the permit is revoked under Subsection J of 18.21.3.16 NMAC, or
				if the rental is not timely tendered under Subsection B of 18.21.3.19 NMAC, the
				department or when applicable the program manager shall not refund any
				application fees.
(2) If an
				application is approved and contract has been awarded for the erection of the
				sign, no part of the permit fee shall be refunded. If a permit has been
				renewed, no part of the permit fee shall be refunded. If the business sign is
				subsequently removed by a taking of eminent domain of the business being
				advertised, a proportional refund of the permit fee may be made; however, in
				case of any removal, the rental fee for any months or major portion (16 days or
				more) of a month remaining to the anniversary date of placement of the business
				sign may be refunded. There shall be no refund of rental fees for any business
				sign temporarily removed or covered pursuant to Subsection K of 18.21.3.16
				NMAC.