§ 16-8-101 — Removal of off-premise outdoor advertising prohibited without compensation; definitions

(a) No governmental entity, including the state, or any
municipality, county or other political subdivision shall remove
or cause to be removed any legally placed off-premise outdoor
advertising without paying due compensation in cash or other
method of payment mutually agreed upon, to the owner of the
off-premise outdoor advertising based upon the fair market value
of the off-premise outdoor advertising removed or proposed to be
removed.
(b) As used in this section:
(i) "Off-premise outdoor advertising" means any
outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing,
message, plaque, poster, billboard or other thing which is
designed, intended or used to advertise or inform and which is
situated in order to be visible from any street, road or highway
and which is located on property which is separate from the
premise or property on which the advertised activity is carried
out;
(ii) "Fair market value of the off-premise outdoor
advertising" means the value of the off-premise outdoor
advertising determined in the same manner as provided by W.S.