---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 750.705"
title: "23"
number: "750.705"
heading: "Effective control."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/750.705"
---

# §750.705. Effective control.


In order to provide effective control of outdoor advertising, the State must:

- (a) Prohibit the erection of new signs other than those which fall under [§ 750.704(a)(1) through (6)](/cfr/23/750.704.md?p=a-1..a-6);
- (b) Assure that signs erected under § [750.704(a)(4)](/cfr/23/750.704.md?p=a-4) and [(5)](/cfr/23/750.704.md?p=a-5) comply, at a minimum, with size, lighting, and spacing criteria contained in the agreement between the Secretary and the State;
- (c) Assure that signs erected under [§ 750.704(a)(1)](/cfr/23/750.704.md?p=a-1) comply with the national standards contained in [subpart B](/cfr/23/subpartB.md), [part 750](/cfr/23/part750.md), chapter [I](/cfr/23/chI.md), [23](/cfr/23/ch23.md) CFR;
- (d) Remove illegal signs expeditiously;
- (e) Remove nonconforming signs with just compensation within the time period set by [23 U.S.C. 131](/usc/23/131.md) ([subpart D](/cfr/23/subpartD.md), [part 750](/cfr/23/part750.md), chapter [I](/cfr/23/chI.md), [23](/cfr/23/ch23.md) CFR, sets forth policies for the acquisition and compensation for such signs);
- (f) Assure that signs erected under [§ 750.704(a)(6)](/cfr/23/750.704.md?p=a-6) comply with [§ 750.710](/cfr/23/750.710.md), Landmark Signs, if landmark signs are allowed;
- (g) Establish criteria for determining which signs have been erected with the purpose of their message being read from the main-traveled way of an Interstate or primary highway, except where State law makes such criteria unnecessary. Where a sign is erected with the purpose of its message being read from two or more highways, one or more of which is a controlled highway, the more stringent of applicable control requirements will apply;
- (h) Develop laws, regulations, and procedures to accomplish the requirements of this subpart;
- (i) Establish enforcement procedures sufficient to discover illegally erected or maintained signs shortly after such occurrence and cause their prompt removal; and
- (j) **Submit regulations and enforcement procedures to FHWA for approval.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 42844, Sept. 16, 1975; 40 FR 49777, Oct. 24, 1975]

### Authority

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 131 and 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 42844, Sept. 16, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 16044, June 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 42844, Sept. 16, 1975; 40 FR 49777, Oct. 24, 1975]