6126 - Interference with devices, signs or signals.

     § 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).     (July 2, 1993, P.L.408, No.58, eff. 60 days)