Prohibited activities.

(a) Signs, markers, and advertising, pertaining to political campaigns, on the rights-of-way of state and county controlled highways are prohibited in Cherokee County except those official signs or markers placed thereon by the State Department of Transportation or by Cherokee County or under the authority of either governmental entity. No sign, marker, or political poster may be attached to any official sign or marker, placed by the Department of Transportation or by the county or on any utility pole or tree on the rights-of-way of a state or county highway.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be subject, at the discretion of the judge, to a fine in an amount of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and/or up to five days of community service. Any fines collected under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(Act 89-317, p. 505, 1, 2.)