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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 2005
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  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lamar Advertising Company</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72-1449411</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>5551 Corporate Blvd., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.</B><BR>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  Lamar Advertising Company<BR>
  5551 Corporate Boulevard<BR>
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808<BR>
  (225)&nbsp;926-1000<BR>
  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">with copies to:
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>George Ticknor, Esq.</B><BR>
  Edwards Angell Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP<BR>
  111 Huntington Avenue<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02199<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;239-0100
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of each class of securities</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>share(2)</B></TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, $0.001 par
  value</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">88,732 shares</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">47.28</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,195,248.96</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">448.89</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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      <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent additional shares of
  Lamar Class&nbsp;A common stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or other
  distribution declared at any time by the Board of Directors while this registration statement
  is in effect, this registration statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional Class
  A common stock.</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and computed pursuant to
  Rule 457(h) and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices on December&nbsp;6, 2005 as
  reported by the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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      <TD>This Registration Statement registers an additional 88,732 shares issuable under the
  Registrant&#146;s 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant has previously
  registered 835,300 shares issuable under the Plan (Registration Statement Nos. 333-34840 and
  333-116007).</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, Lamar Advertising
  Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) incorporates by reference the contents of its Registration Statements on
  Form S-8 filed on April&nbsp;14, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-34840) and May&nbsp;28, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-116007)
  relating to its 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), except as expressly modified
  herein.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The number of shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock of the Company available for delivery under the
  Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company
  beginning with the 2001 fiscal year equal to the least of (i)&nbsp;500,000 shares (ii)&nbsp;one-tenth of one
  percent of the total number of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding
  fiscal year, and (iii)&nbsp;a lesser amount determined by the Board. This Registration Statement
  registers the 88,732 additional shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock resulting from the automatic annual
  increase for fiscal year 2005.
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Part II</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately following the signature page.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on this 12th day of
  December&nbsp;2005.
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      <TD colspan="3" align="left">LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY<BR>
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      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
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      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Lamar Advertising Company, hereby severally
  constitute and appoint Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. and Keith A. Istre, and each of them singly, our true
  and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign any
  amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments
  thereto), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
  attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 12th day of December
  2005.
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.&nbsp;<BR>
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  Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.</TD>
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  President, Chief Executive Officer<br>
  (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Keith A. Istre&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Keith A. Istre</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal Financial Officer and Principal<br>
  Accounting Officer)</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John Maxwell Hamilton&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John Maxwell Hamilton</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert M. Jelenic&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Robert M. Jelenic</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  Director</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen P. Mumblow&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Stephen P. Mumblow</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas V. Reifenheiser&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Thomas V. Reifenheiser</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Anna Reilly&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Anna Reilly</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Wendell Reilly&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Wendell Reilly</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Exhibit</B><BR>
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      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
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      <TD>Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar New Holding Co. Previously
  filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
  for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;0-20833) filed on August
  16, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
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      <TD>Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar New
  Holding Co. (whereby the name of Lamar New Holding Co. was changed to
  Lamar Advertising Company). Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
  Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;30,
  1999 (File No.&nbsp;0-20833) filed on August&nbsp;16, 1999 and incorporated
  herein by reference.</TD>
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      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
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      <TD>Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar
  Advertising Company. Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the
  Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;30,
  2000 (File No.&nbsp;0-30242) filed on August&nbsp;11, 2000 and incorporated
  herein by reference.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar
  Advertising Company. Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the
  Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
  September&nbsp;30, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;0-30242) filed on November&nbsp;14, 2000 and
  incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. Previously filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  period ended June&nbsp;30, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;0-20833) filed on August&nbsp;16,
  1999 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">5</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP as to the legality of
  the securities registered hereunder. Filed herewith.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP, independent accountants. Filed herewith.</TD>
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      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).</TD>
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text: Lamar Advertising Company
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2005
  REGISTRATION NO. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D. C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Lamar Advertising Company
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  72-1449411
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  5551 Corporate Blvd., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Lamar Advertising Company
  5551 Corporate Boulevard
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
  (225) 926-1000
  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
  with copies to:
  George Ticknor, Esq.
  Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
  111 Huntington Avenue
  Boston, Massachusetts 02199
  (617) 239-0100
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed maximum
  Proposed maximum
  Title of each class of securities
  Amount to be
  offering price per
  aggregate offering
  Amount of
  to be registered
  registered(1)
  share(2)
  price(3)
  registration fee
  Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par
  value
  88,732 shares
  $
  47.28
  $
  4,195,248.96
  $
  448.89
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent additional shares of
  Lamar Class A common stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or other
  distribution declared at any time by the Board of Directors while this registration statement
  is in effect, this registration statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional Class
  A common stock.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and computed pursuant to
  Rule 457(h) and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices on December 6, 2005 as
  reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
  (3)
  This Registration Statement registers an additional 88,732 shares issuable under the
  Registrant's 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant has previously
  registered 835,300 shares issuable under the Plan (Registration Statement Nos. 333-34840 and
  333-116007).
  Explanatory Note
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, Lamar Advertising
  Company (the "Company") incorporates by reference the contents of its Registration Statements on
  Form S-8 filed on April 14, 2000 (File No. 333-34840) and May 28, 2004 (File No. 333-116007)
  relating to its 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), except as expressly modified
  herein.
  The number of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company available for delivery under the
  Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company
  beginning with the 2001 fiscal year equal to the least of (i) 500,000 shares (ii) one-tenth of one
  percent of the total number of Class A Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding
  fiscal year, and (iii) a lesser amount determined by the Board. This Registration Statement
  registers the 88,732 additional shares of Class A Common Stock resulting from the automatic annual
  increase for fiscal year 2005.
  Part II
  Information Required in the Registration Statement
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  See Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page.
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on this 12th day of
  December 2005.
  LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
  By:
  /s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
  Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Lamar Advertising Company, hereby severally
  constitute and appoint Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. and Keith A. Istre, and each of them singly, our true
  and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign any
  amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments
  thereto), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
  attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 12th day of December
  2005.
  Signature
  Capacity
  /s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
  Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
  President, Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
  /s/ Keith A. Istre
  Keith A. Istre
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
  Accounting Officer)
  /s/ John Maxwell Hamilton
  John Maxwell Hamilton
  Director
  /s/ Robert M. Jelenic
  Robert M. Jelenic
  Director
  /s/ Stephen P. Mumblow
  Stephen P. Mumblow
  Director
  /s/ Thomas V. Reifenheiser
  Thomas V. Reifenheiser
  Director
  /s/ Anna Reilly
  Anna Reilly
  Director
  /s/ Wendell Reilly
  Wendell Reilly
  Director
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar New Holding Co. Previously
  filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
  for the period ended June 30, 1999 (File No. 0-20833) filed on August
  16, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar New
  Holding Co. (whereby the name of Lamar New Holding Co. was changed to
  Lamar Advertising Company). Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
  Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
  1999 (File No. 0-20833) filed on August 16, 1999 and incorporated
  herein by reference.
  4.3
  Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar
  Advertising Company. Previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the
  Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
  2000 (File No. 0-30242) filed on August 11, 2000 and incorporated
  herein by reference.
  4.4
  Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar
  Advertising Company. Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the
  Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
  September 30, 2000 (File No. 0-30242) filed on November 14, 2000 and
  incorporated herein by reference.
  4.4
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. Previously filed as
  Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  period ended June 30, 1999 (File No. 0-20833) filed on August 16,
  1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
  5
  Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP as to the legality of
  the securities registered hereunder. Filed herewith.
  23.1
  Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (contained in Exhibit 5).
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP, independent accountants. Filed herewith.
  24
  Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).