Traffic devices: nuisance abatement costs.

Existing law provides that every prohibited sign, signal, device, or light is a public nuisance, and authorizes the Department of Transportation, members of the California Highway Patrol, and local authorities to remove them or cause them to be removed. Existing law authorizes the Director of Transportation, the Commissioner of the California Transportation Commission, or local authorities to bring an action to abate the nuisance. This bill would make any person determined to have placed, maintained, or displayed a public nuisance liable for all costs incurred in removing and abating that nuisance and performing any related road, traffic device, or signage repair and maintenance.