The Committee on Education and Public Works proposes the following Amendment No. 2 to H. 4688 (COUNCIL\GT\4688C008.GT.CM16):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by STRIKING ALL AFTER THE ENACTING WORDS AND INSERTING:

/SECTION      1.      This act may be cited as the "Timothy Wayne Gibson Act".

SECTION      2.      Section 56-5-1030(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

     "(A)      No person shall wilfully without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, reposition, or remove an official traffic-control device, a temporary road closure sign or device, or a railroad sign or signal, or its inscriptions, shields, or insignia."

SECTION      3.      Section 56-5-1030 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection:

     "( )      However, it is not a violation of this section for a person otherwise entitled to access to any premises to move an official temporary traffic-control device or temporary road closure sign or device for the purpose of ingress, egress, or regress to the premises, and immediately replaces such sign or device."

SECTION      4.      This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.