ation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any such device, sign or signal, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person shall not place or maintain nor may any public authority permit upon any highway any sign, signal or marking bearing thereon any commercial advertising except on benches and shelters for passengers of public mass transportation for which a franchise has been granted pursuant to NRS 244.187 and 244.188, 268.081 and 268.083, 269.128 and 269.129, or 373.1183, or on monorail stations. 2. Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the proper public authority may remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice. 3. This section does not prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official traffic-control devices. 4. A person may place and maintain commercial advertising in an airspace above a highway under the conditions specified pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.110, and a public authority may permit commercial advertising that has been placed in an airspace above a highway under the conditions specified pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.110. 5. If a franchisee receives revenues from commercial advertising authorized by subsection 1 and the franchisee is obligated to repay a bond issued by the State of Nevada, the franchisee shall use all revenue generated by the advertising authorized by subsection 1 to meet its obligations to the State of Nevada as set forth in the financing agreement and bond indenture, including, without limitation, the payment of operations and maintenance obligations, the funding of reserves and the payment of debt service. To the extent that any surplus revenue remains after the payment of all such obligations, the surplus revenue must be used solely to repay the bond until the bond is repaid. 6. As used in this section, “monorail station” means: (a) A structure for the loading and unloading of passengers from a monorail for which a franchise has been granted pursuant to NRS 705.695 or an agreement has been entered into pursuant to NRS 705.695; and (b) Any facilities or appurtenances within such a structure. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1492; A 1989, 996; 1999, 1261; 2001, 848; 2003, 3237; 2005, 2315) NRS 484.289 Interference with official device for control of traffic or sign or signal for railroad prohibited; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone. 1. A person shall not, without lawful authority, attempt to or alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insigne thereon, or any other part thereof. 2. A person who violates any provision of this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484.3667. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1492; A 2003, 3238) NRS 484.2895 Devices and mechanisms capable of interfering with or altering signal of traffic-control signal: General prohibition against operating and selling; seizure by police; presence in or on vehicle as prima facie evidence of violation; penalty; exceptions for providers of mass transit and response agencies. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) A person shall not operate a vehicle on the highways of this State if the vehicle is equipped with any device or mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal. (b) A person shall not operate any device or mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person shall not in this State sell or offer for sale any device or mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a person from selling or offering for sale: (a) To a provider of mass transit, a signal prioritization device; or (b) To a response agency, a signal preemption device or a signal prioritization device, or both. 3. A police officer: (a) Shall, without a warrant, seize any device or mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal; or (b) May, without a warrant, seize and take possession of a vehicle equipped with any device or mechanism that is capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, if the device or mechanism cannot be removed from the motor vehicle by the police officer, and may cause the vehicle to be towed and impounded until: (1) The device or mechanism is removed from the vehicle; and (2) The owner claims the vehicle by paying the cost of the towing and impoundment. 4. Neither the police officer nor the governmental entity which employs him is civilly liable for any damage to a vehicle seized pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection 3 that occurs after the vehicle is seized but before the towing process begins. 5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, the presence of any device or mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal in or on a vehicle on the highways of this State constitutes prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. The State need not prove that the device or mechanism in question was in an operative condition or being operated. 6. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 or 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor. 7. A provider of mass transit shall not operate or cause to be operated a signal prioritization device in such a manner as to impede or interfere with the use by response agencies of signal preemption devices. 8. The provisions of this section do not: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, prohibit a provider of mass transit from acquiring, possessing or operating a signal prioritization device. (b) Prohibit a response agency from acquiring, possessing or operating a signal preemption device or a signal prioritization device, or both. 9. As used in this section: (a) “Mobile transmitter” means a device or mechanism that is: (1) Portable, installed within a vehicle or capable of being installed within a vehicle; and (2) Designed to affect or alter, through the emission or transmission of sound, infrared light, strobe light or any other audible, visual or electronic method, the normal operation of a traffic-control signal. The term includes, without limitation, a signal preemption device and a signal prioritization device. (b) “Provider of mass transit” means a governmental entity or a contractor of a governmental entity which operates, in whole or in part: (1) A public transit system, as that term is defined in NRS 377A.016; or (2) A system of public transportation referred to in NRS 373.1165. (c) “Response agency” means an agency of this State or of a political subdivision of this State that provides services related to law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical care or public safety. The term includes a nonprofit organization or private company that, as authorized pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS: (1) Provides ambulance service; or (2) Provides inter

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