Any person who willfully destroys, removes, injures, or defaces any such notice erected on any such highway, or willfully injures or defaces any inscription or device comprising such notice, commits a petty offense.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 503, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 1885: p. 162, § 2. R.S. 08: § 1228. C.L. § 8705. CSA: C. 45, § 52. CRS 53: § 36-14-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-14-2. L. 64: p. 223, § 54. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3248, p. 3248, § 503, effective 3/1/2022.Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022. 2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the provision in the criminal code concerning the defacing of a posted notice, see § 18-4-510 .
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