§ 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

(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.