2010 California Code
Public Utilities Code
Article 8. Transit Enforcement And Penalties

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE
SECTION 125450-125453



125450.  A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted
by the board relating to the nonpayment of a fare in any transit
facility owned or controlled by the board shall be an infraction
punishable by a fine not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75), except
that a violation by a person, after the second conviction under this
section, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.



125450.  A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted
by the board relating to the nonpayment of a fare in any transit
facility owned or controlled by the district shall be an infraction
punishable by a fine not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75), except
that a violation by a person, after the second conviction under this
section, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in a county jail not
exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.



125451.  No person shall give, either orally or in writing,
information to a public officer or employee engaged in the
enforcement of this article if that person knows that the information
is false. A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by
a fine not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75), except that a
violation by a person, after a second conviction of a violation of
this section, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to
exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county
jail not to exceed six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
   This section is in addition to, and does not supersede or limit,
any and all other remedies, civil or criminal.



125452.  A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted
by the board prohibiting unauthorized operation or manipulation of
transit facilities owned or controlled by the board, or prohibiting
unauthorized tampering or interference with, or loitering in or
about, transit facilities owned or controlled by the board, is an
infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding seventy-five dollars
($75), except that a violation by a person, after the first
conviction under this section, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and
imprisonment.



125453.  A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted
by the board prohibiting the unauthorized entering into, climbing
upon, holding onto, or in any manner attaching oneself to vehicles
operated upon exclusive public mass transit guideways owned or
controlled by the board, is an infraction punishable by a fine not
exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75), except that a violation by a
person, after the first conviction under this section, is a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six
months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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