House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Further amends GS 136-33 to refer to any traffic sign and other traffic control device (currently, any sign posted) in subsections (a) and (b), concerning offenses for damaging, removing or possessing signs. Additionally provides that any person violating the statute is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and must pay a $1,000 fine (currently, Class 2 misdemeanor with no fine). Eliminates proposed GS 143B-1404(a1), which directed the 911 Board to deduct and retain 1% of the total service charges remitted to it under GS 143B-1403 for deposit into the 911 Fund for funding rewards under GS 136-33(c). Makes conforming changes. Changes the act's effective date to December 1, 2017 (previously, July 1, 2017), and adds that the act applies to offenses committed on or after that date. Changes the act's long title.