Sec. 1. (a) The department and the United States Secretary of Commerce shall enter into agreements under 23 U.S.C. concerning the regulation of billboards, signs, junkyards, and scrap metal processing areas in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems. The agreements must conform to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. to ensure that federal funds to Indiana are continued.

     (b) An agreement between the state and the United States Secretary of Commerce entered into under 23 U.S.C. § 131 must contain the definition of “unzoned commercial or industrial area” found in IC 8-23-1-43. If the state has received from the Secretary a formal notice of a proposed determination to withhold funds from the state because of an asserted unacceptability of the definition, the governor shall modify the definition. The modification may be made during a hearing on the notice held by the Secretary under 23 U.S.C. § 131, or, if as a matter of law the Secretary decides to withhold funds prior to a hearing, the governor:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-23-20-1

  • Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) may modify the definition before a hearing; and

(2) shall request a hearing under 23 U.S.C. § 131.

As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.229.