Bill Text: VA HB1712 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Temporary work signs; damaging or removing, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472) [HB1712 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-HB1712-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1712 Offered January 11, 2023 Prefiled January 9, 2023 A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-832 of the Code of Virginia, relating to damaging or removing temporary work signs; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Wachsmann ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §46.2-832 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§46.2-832. Damaging or removing traffic control devices, work signs, or street address signs.

Any person who intentionally defaces, damages, knocks down, or without authorization interferes with the effective operation of, or removes any (i) traffic control device, (ii) temporary sign approved by the Department of Transportation warning motorists that work is in progress on or adjacent to the highway or that certain vehicles may be entering the highway, or a (iii) street address sign posted to assist in address identification in connection with enhanced 9-1-1 service as defined in §56-484.12 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.