§ 24-2-115 — Program for specific service signing by businesses or attractions; department duties and responsibilities; contracting of duties; fees

(a) As authorized under W.S. 31-5-406(b), the department
of transportation shall establish a program for specific service
signing by business entities as part of departmental approved
motorist service panels erected within rights-of-way along
interstate and primary highways. The program shall be designed
for information of interest to the traveling public in
accordance with 23 U.S.C. 131(f).
(b) In establishing the program under this section, the
department shall by rule and regulation:
(i) Provide for application by business entities for
the display of its name or logo upon the specific service
signing;
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 99, § 2.
(iii) Establish a uniform initial fee and annual
permit fee for applicants to cover the costs of constructing,
erecting and maintaining specific service signing, including the
costs of contracting for any of these services;
(iv) Establish minimum standards for specific service
signing by business entities in accordance with the current
edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices;
(v) Provide for oversight of the program and subject
to W.S. 9-2-3204(b), may establish necessary procedures for
contracting services for the construction, erection and
maintenance of highway specific service signing pursuant to this
section;
(vi) Provide a fee system that includes an initial
application fee, fabrication and installation fee and an annual
administration and maintenance fee. At a minimum, the fee
structure shall be set so that the department is fully
reimbursed for all costs associated with specific service
signing.
(c) All fees collected by the department under the program
shall be deposited into the state highway fund.