41-6a-311. Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signal preemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense.
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Effective 5/12/2015
41-6a-311. Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signal preemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense.
(1)Except as provided in Subsection
(3), a person may not alter, deface, damage, knock down, or remove any:
(a)traffic-control device;
(b)traffic-monitoring device; or
(c)railroad traffic-control device.
(2)Except as provided in Subsection
(3), a person may not:
(a)knowingly use a traffic signal preemption device to interfere with the authorized operation or the authorized cycle of a traffic-control signal; or
(b)operate a motor vehicle on a highway while in possession of a traffic signal preemption device.
(3)The provisions of Subsections
(1)and
(2)do not apply to a person authorized by the highway authority or railroad authority with jurisdiction over the device.
(4)A violation of Subsection
(1)or
(2)is a class C misdemeanor.
(5)It is an affirmative defense to a charge under Subsection (2)(b) that the traffic signal preemption device was inoperative and could not be readily used at the time of the citation or arrest.
Amended by Chapter 412 , 2015 General Session