Markers, signs, and buoys; mooring or fastening vessel prohibited; damaging, altering, or moving prohibited; penalties.

(a) Except in case of emergency, no person shall moor or fasten a vessel to a lawfully placed aid-to-navigation marker, sign, or buoy, regulatory marker, sign, or buoy, or area boundary marker, sign, or buoy, placed or executed by any governmental agency.

(b) No person shall willfully damage, alter, or move a lawfully placed aid-to-navigation marker, sign, or buoy, regulatory marker, sign, or buoy, or area boundary marker, sign, or buoy.

(c) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100).

(Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §28.)