Sec. 24. The department may not acquire a sign, the real property upon which the sign is situated, a junkyard, or a scrap metal processing facility unless:

(1) the acquisition costs are eligible for not less than seventy-five percent (75%) federal participation;

(2) there are sufficient funds appropriated and immediately available to Indiana; and

(3) the funds have been apportioned by the federal government and notice of the apportionment has been received by the state.

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