(1) Any person who willfully and maliciously damages, removes, or destroys any milestone, mileboard, or guideboard erected upon a highway or other public transportation facility, or willfully and maliciously defaces or alters the inscription on any such marker, or breaks or removes any lamp or lamppost or railing or post erected on any transportation facility, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) is civilly liable to the department for the actual damages which he or she caused, which damages may be recovered by suit and, when collected, shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Transportation Trust Fund.
History.—s. 159, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 240, ch. 71-136; s. 222, ch. 84-309; s. 504, ch. 95-148.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVI - Public Transportation
Chapter 339 - Transportation Finance and Planning
339.04 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale or Lease of Realty by the Department.
339.041 - Factoring of Revenues From Leases for Wireless Communication Facilities.
339.05 - Assent to Federal Aid Given.
339.06 - Authority of Department to Amortize Advancements From United States.
339.07 - National Aid Expended Under Supervision of the Department.
339.08 - Use of Moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund.
339.0803 - Allocation of Increased Revenues Derived From Amendments to S. 320.08 by Ch. 2019-43.
339.0809 - Florida Department of Transportation Financing Corporation.
339.081 - Department Trust Funds.
339.0815 - Transportation Revenue Bond Trust Fund.
339.0816 - Transportation Governmental Bond Trust Fund.
339.09 - Use of Transportation Tax Revenues; Restrictions.
339.12 - Aid and Contributions by Governmental Entities for Department Projects; Federal Aid.
339.125 - Covenants to Complete on Revenue-Producing Projects.
339.1371 - Mobility 2000; Funding.
339.139 - Transportation Debt Assessment.
339.155 - Transportation Planning.
339.157 - Resilience Action Plan.
339.175 - Metropolitan Planning Organization.
339.176 - Voting Membership for m.p.o. With Boundaries Including Certain Counties.
339.177 - Transportation Management Programs.
339.24 - Beautification of State Transportation Facilities.
339.2405 - Florida Highway Beautification Grants.
339.241 - Florida Junkyard Control Law.
339.2816 - Small County Road Assistance Program.
339.2817 - County Incentive Grant Program.
339.2818 - Small County Outreach Program.
339.2819 - Transportation Regional Incentive Program.
339.282 - Transportation Concurrency Incentives.
339.2821 - Economic Development Transportation Projects.
339.2825 - Approval of Contractor-Financed Projects.
339.285 - Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation.
339.287 - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; Infrastructure Plan Development.
339.55 - State-Funded Infrastructure Bank.
339.61 - Florida Strategic Intermodal System; Legislative Findings, Declaration, and Intent.
339.63 - System Facilities Designated; Additions and Deletions.
339.64 - Strategic Intermodal System Plan.
339.65 - Strategic Intermodal System Highway Corridors.
339.66 - Upgrade of Arterial Highways With Controlled Access Facilities.
339.67 - u.s. 19 Controlled Access Facilities.
339.68 - Arterial Rural Highway Projects.
339.70 - Authority Referendum.