[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR750.302]

[Page 354-355]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 750--HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D--Outdoor Advertising (Acquisition of Rights of Sign and Sign 
                              Site Owners)
 
Sec. 750.302  Policy.

    (a) Just compensation shall be paid for the rights and interests of 
the sign and site owner in those outdoor advertising signs, displays, or 
devices which are lawfully existing under State law, in conformance with 
the terms of 23 U.S.C. 131.
    (b)(1) Federal reimbursement will be made on the basis of 75 percent 
of the acquisition, removal and incidental costs legally incurred or 
obligated by the State.
    (2) Federal funds will participate in 100 percent of the costs of 
removal of those signs which were removed prior to January 4, 1975, by 
relocation, pursuant to the provisions of 23 CFR

[[Page 355]]

Sec. 750.305(a)(2), and which are required to be removed as a result of 
the amendments made to 23 U.S.C. 131 by the Federal-Aid Highway 
Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93-643, section 109, January 4, 1975. Such 
signs must have been relocated to a legal site, must have been legally 
maintained since the relocation, and must not have been substantially 
changed, as defined by the State maintenance standards, issued pursuant 
to 23 CFR 750.707(b).
    (c) Title III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4651, et seq.) applies 
except where complete conformity would defeat the purposes set forth in 
42 U.S.C. 4651, would impede the expeditious implementation of the sign 
removal program or would increase administrative costs out of proportion 
to the cost of the interests being acquired or extinguished.
    (d) Projects for the removal of outdoor advertising signs including 
hardship acquisitions should be programed and authorized in accordance 
with normal program procedures for right-of-way projects.

[39 FR 27436, July 29, 1974; 39 FR 30349, Aug. 22, 1974, as amended at 
41 FR 31198, July 27, 1976]