It shall be the function and duty of the Commissioner of Highways to administer and enforce the provisions of this article, and in the performance of his or her duties hereunder, he or she may assign to division engineers, and other employees in his or her department, such duties as he or she may deem proper. The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this article, including rules and regulations permitting the State of West Virginia to comply with the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, relating to the payment of bonuses for the regulation of outdoor advertising adjacent to the interstate system and the terms and provisions of any agreement heretofore entered into pursuant to law by and between the Commissioner of Highways of West Virginia and the Secretary of Commerce of the United States relating to the payment of such bonuses, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways
Article 22. Outdoor Advertising
§17-22-3. Certain Outdoor Advertising Prohibited; When Removal Required
§17-22-4. General Restrictions as to Outdoor Advertising
§17-22-5. Payment of Compensation Upon Removal of Advertising Signs, Displays or Devices
§17-22-6. Purchase or Condemnation; Powers of Commissioner of Highways; Payment to Claimants
§17-22-7. Exceptions to Prohibited Signs; Standards for Excepted Signs
§17-22-9. Signs, Displays and Devices Providing Information for the Traveling Public; Location
§17-22-11. Enforcement of Provisions by Commissioner; Rules and Regulations
§17-22-12. Territory to Which Article Applies; Entries for Examinations and Surveys
§17-22-13. Licenses Required; Application; Expiration; Exceptions; Revocations; Judicial Review
§17-22-14. Bond of Out-of-State Licensee
§17-22-16. Permit Identification Number for Signs; Fastening to Signs
§17-22-17. Removal of Signs, etc., After Expiration or Revocation of Permit
§17-22-18. Removal, Defacing, etc., Signs Lawfully Within Highway Limits
§17-22-19. Consent of Property Owner for Erection
§17-22-20. Disposition of Fees
§17-22-21. Prohibited Signs Not to Be Allowed by Other Agencies, etc.
§17-22-22. Penalties; Signs in Violation of Article Declared Nuisance; Abatement
§17-22-23. Availability of Funds to Compensate for Required Removal of Signs, etc.