[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR750.306]

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                           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. 750.306  Documentation for Federal participation.

    The following information concerning each sign must be available in 
the State's files to be eligible for Federal participation.
    (a) Payment to sign owner. (1) A photograph of the sign in place. 
Exceptions may be made in cases where in one transaction the State has 
acquired a number of a company's nominal value signs similar in size, 
condition and shape. In such cases, only a sample of representative 
photographs need be provided to document the type and condition of the 
signs.
    (2) Evidence showing the sign was nonconforming as of the date of 
taking.
    (3) Value documentation and proof of obligation of funds.
    (4) Satisfactory indication of ownership of the sign and compensable 
interest therein (e.g., lease or other agreement with the property 
owner, or an affidavit, certification, or other such evidence of 
ownership).
    (5) Evidence that the sign falls within one of the three categories 
shown in Sec. 750.302 of this regulation. The specific category should 
be identified.
    (6) Evidence that the right, title, or interest pertaining to the 
sign has passed to the State, or that the sign has been removed.
    (b) Payment to the site owner. (1) Evidence that an agreement has 
been reached between the State and owner.
    (2) Value documentation and proof of obligation of funds.
    (3) Satisfactory indication of ownership or compensable interest.
    (c) In those cases where Federal funds participate in 100 percent of 
the cost of removal, the State file shall contain the records of the 
relocation made prior to January 4, 1975.

[39 FR 27436, July 29, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 31198, July 27, 1976]

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