Highway Beautification Act
New Mexico · Highways · §§ 67-12-1 to 67-12-9 · 15 sections
Overview
The Highway Beautification Act governs outdoor advertising signs and junkyards along and adjacent to public highways, with the aim of controlling roadside blight in those corridors. It prohibits or restricts signs in adjacent areas subject to stated exceptions and control criteria, requires permits and owner identification for those that are allowed, and requires junkyards to be licensed and screened from view, with penalties and nuisance abatement for violations. It also authorizes the state transportation director to acquire land and interests in land, adopt implementing regulations, enter agreements with federal transportation authorities and accept federal funds, and it conditions the removal of nonconforming signs on payment of just compensation.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- § 67-12-1 NMSA 1978Short title
- § 67-12-10 NMSA 1978Junkyards; screening; acquisition; removal; compensation
- § 67-12-11 NMSA 1978Junkyards; abatement of nuisance
- § 67-12-12 NMSA 1978Powers of commission
- § 67-12-13 NMSA 1978Construction of act
- § 67-12-14 NMSA 1978Acquisition of land for scenic beauty
- § 67-12-15 NMSA 1978Tree plantings along medians and public rights-of-way
- § 67-12-2 NMSA 1978Definitions
- § 67-12-3 NMSA 1978Public policy
- § 67-12-4 NMSA 1978Outdoor advertising prohibited; exceptions
- § 67-12-5 NMSA 1978Outdoor advertising; regulations; permits
- § 67-12-6 NMSA 1978Outdoor advertising; acquisition; compensation; removal
- § 67-12-7 NMSA 1978Outdoor advertising; safety rest areas; information centers
- § 67-12-8 NMSA 1978Leases, franchises or concessions to individuals for private commercial operation of tourist information centers prohibited; penalty
- § 67-12-9 NMSA 1978Junkyards; license required
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