{"code":"SHC","codeName":"Streets and Highways Code","section":"96","citation":"Sts. & Hy. Code, § 96","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. STATE HIGHWAYS [50. - 897.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Administration [50. - 227.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. The Department of Transportation [90. - 155.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-1/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 289, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If any directional or traffic control sign installed or maintained by the department within the right-of-way of a state highway is defaced with graffiti in a manner which interferes with the ability of motorists to comprehend the information which the sign was intended to convey, thereby posing a danger to the public, the department shall, as soon as reasonably possible after learning of the graffiti, either remove the graffiti and treat the sign with an anti-graffiti substance or material, or replace the sign, whichever is more practical and economical.</p>","text":"If any directional or traffic control sign installed or maintained by the department within the right-of-way of a state highway is defaced with graffiti in a manner which interferes with the ability of motorists to comprehend the information which the sign was intended to convey, thereby posing a danger to the public, the department shall, as soon as reasonably possible after learning of the graffiti, either remove the graffiti and treat the sign with an anti-graffiti substance or material, or replace the sign, whichever is more practical and economical.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/the-department-of-transportation-96","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}