§ 6126. Interference with devices, signs or signals.
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§ 6126. Interference with devices, signs or signals.
(a)General rule.-- No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact, alter, twist, obstruct, deface, injure, knock down, remove or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic-control device, or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof. A person shall not intentionally destroy, remove, injure or deface a temporary traffic-control device erected for the purpose of enhancing traffic safety or worker safety in a construction or maintenance workzone. For purposes of this subsection, a traffic-control device includes a cone, tubular marker, delineator, warning light, drum, barricade, sign, sign truck, arrow board or other device specified in an approved traffic-control plan or by department regulations.
(b)Penalty.-- A person who violates this section commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 for each traffic-control device that was destroyed, removed, injured or defaced and to make restitution under 18 Pa.C.S. § 1106 (relating to restitution for injuries to person or property).
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(July 2, 1993, P.L.408, No.58, eff. 60 days)
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