Section 8-737 - Compensation for removal of sign adjacent to federal-aid highway. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-737. Compensation for removal of sign adjacent to federal-aid highway.
 

(a)  Removal of signs prohibited without just compensation.- A county or municipality may not remove an outdoor sign which is adjacent to a federal-aid primary highway and which was lawfully erected and maintained under State law and in existence or in litigation on or after November 6, 1978 unless just compensation is paid by the Administration. 

(b)  Expenditures contingent upon matching federal funds.- The Administration is not required to spend any funds under this section until appropriate matching federal funds are available to the State. 

(c)  Applicability of subsection (a).- The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any outdoor sign which is not eligible for matching federal funds. 
 

[1980, ch. 195; 1984, ch. 255.]