Section 815.440 - Unauthorized possession, use or distribution of traffic control signal operating device; exemption; penalty(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized possession, use or distribution of a traffic control signal operating device if the person owns, uses, sells or otherwise distributes a device that is designed to control a traffic control light as a person using the device approaches the light.(2) This section does not apply to persons operating traffic control signal operating devices as authorized by ORS 815.445.(3) For purposes of ORS 133.555, a traffic control signal operating device is contraband if it is used by a person who is not authorized as provided in ORS 815.445 to use the device.(4) The offense described in this section, unauthorized possession, use or distribution of a traffic control signal operating device, is a Class C misdemeanor. 1993 c.314 §14; 1993 c.522 §5; 1997 c.507 §1