Colorado § 42-4-607 - Interference with official devices.
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§ 42-4-607. Interference with official devices.
(1) (a) No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, 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. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class B traffic infraction.
(b) No person shall possess or sell, without lawful authority, an electronic device that is designed to cause a traffic light to change. A person who violates any provision of this paragraph (b) commits a class B traffic infraction.
(2) (a) No person shall use an electronic device, without lawful authority, that causes a traffic light to change. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), a person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class A traffic infraction.
(b) A person who violates any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) and thereby proximately causes bodily injury to another person commits a class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense. In addition to any other penalty imposed by law, the court shall impose a fine of one thousand dollars.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2344, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 333, § 2, effective August 4. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1711, § 1, effective June 6.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-508 as it existed prior to 1994.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 42-4-607 is similar to § 42-4-508 as it existed prior to the 1994 amending of title 42 as enacted by SB 94-1, a relevant case construing that provision has been included with the annotations to this section.
Subject matter preempted by state. Sections 42-4-508 and 42-4-1405 cover the subject matter of "Interference with official devices" and a driver's "Duty upon striking highway fixtures". Therefore, this field has been preempted by the state. City of Aurora v. Mitchell, 144 Colo. 526, 357 P.2d 923 (1960).
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