(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully injure or damage any public highway or street, or any bridge or culvert, or to willfully damage, injure or remove any sign, signpost or structure upon or used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street for the protection thereof, or for the protection or regulation of traffic thereon, by any willfully unusual, improper or unreasonable use thereof, or by willfully careless driving or use of any vehicle thereon, or by willful mutilation, defacing, destruction, or removal thereof.
(B) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed.
(625 ILCS 5/11-312) (2000 Code, § 70.37) Penalty, see § 70.999