A. Within the first ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, every person possessing any city, state or county road sign or marker may return it to the county sheriff of the residency of the person without penalty of law, provided the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person who removed the sign or marker if the removal of the sign or marker resulted in death or personal injury.
B. The sheriff shall hold any returned city, state or county road sign or marker and shall notify the Department of Transportation that such signs or markers have been returned. The Department shall have the authority to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations concerning the disposition of the returned signs or markers, which shall include written permission to keep old and nonuseable signs.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 316, § 2, emerg. eff. July 25, 1985. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 127, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1993.