§ 54-21-110. Information for Traveling Public
In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the commissioner is authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing other information considered […]
§ 54-21-111. Power of Commissioner to Enforce Provisions — Rulemaking
The commissioner is given authority to and shall, within sixty (60) days of June 22, 2020, begin promulgating and enforcing only those rules as necessary to carry out this chapter and 23 U.S.C. § 131; provided, that the commissioner by rule shall establish procedures for accepting and resolving written complaints related to signs that are […]
§ 54-21-112. Commissioner’s Authority to Enter on Property Without Penalty
The commissioner and all employees under the commissioner’s direction, in the performance of their functions and duties under this chapter, may enter into and upon any property, without penalty, upon which an outdoor advertising device is located and make examinations and surveys as may be relevant or dispose of the outdoor advertising device when disposal […]
§ 54-21-103. Restrictions on Outdoor Advertising Devices on Interstate and Primary Highways
An outdoor advertising device shall not be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet (660′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or primary highway systems in this state except the following: Outdoor advertising devices located in areas that are zoned industrial or commercial […]
§ 54-21-104. Permits and Tags — Fees
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not construct, erect, operate, use, maintain, or cause or permit to be constructed, erected, operated, used, or maintained, any outdoor advertising device within six hundred sixty feet (660′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or […]
§ 54-21-105. Failure to Comply With § 54-21-104 — Effect
Any owner of any outdoor advertising device who has failed to act in accordance with § 54-21-104 must remove the outdoor advertising device immediately. Failure to remove the outdoor advertising device renders the outdoor advertising device a public nuisance and subject to immediate disposal, removal, or destruction. In addition, the commissioner has the authority to […]
§ 54-21-106. Disposition of Fees
All fees received by the commissioner under § 54-21-104 must be paid into the state treasury and placed in the highway fund for the administration of this chapter, and any fees received in excess of those administration costs shall be allocated to the department’s general fund.
§ 54-21-107. Acquisition by Commissioner of Outdoor Advertising Devices Along the Interstate and Primary Highway Systems
The commissioner is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and to pay just compensation upon the removal of the following outdoor advertising devices in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems: Those lawfully in existence on April 4, 1972; and Those lawfully erected on or after April 4, 1972. Compensation is […]
§ 54-21-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020.”
§ 54-21-102. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter: “Adjacent area” means that area within six hundred sixty feet (660′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of interstate and primary highways and visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or primary highways; “Changeable message sign” means an outdoor advertising device that displays a series of messages […]