41-6a-311 - Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signal preemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense. - Utah Statutes

41-6a-311. Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signalpreemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person may not alter, deface, damage, knockdown, 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 authorizedoperation or the authorized cycle of a traffic-control signal; or
(b) operate a motor vehicle on a highway while in possession of a traffic signalpreemption device.
(3) The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person authorized by thehighway authority or railroad authority with jurisdiction over the device.
(4) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under Subsection (2)(b) that the traffic signalpreemption device was inoperative and could not be readily used at the time of the citation orarrest.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session