SECTIONS 4021-4022 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 4021-4022

4021. Except as otherwise provided, the willful or negligent
commission of any of the acts prohibited or the omission of any of
the acts required by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4251) to
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 4411), inclusive, of Part 2 of
this division is a misdemeanor.

4022. (a) The titles of ranger, park ranger, and forest ranger, and
derivations thereof, may only be used by persons who are peace
officers under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3
of Part 2 of the Penal Code, employees of the Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection, or employees of the Department of Parks and
Recreation classified as State Park Ranger (Permanent Intermittent).
Any person, other than a peace officer or employee of the Department
of Parks and Recreation, as described in this section, or employee of
the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who willfully wears,
exhibits, or uses any authorized badge, insignia, emblem, device,
label, title, or card of a ranger, park ranger, forest ranger, or a
derivation thereof, to identify the person as a ranger, park ranger,
or forest ranger, or who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses any
badge, insignia, emblem, device, label, title, or card of a ranger,
park ranger, or forest ranger, which so resembles the authorized
version that it would deceive an ordinary, reasonable person into
believing that it is authorized for the use of a ranger, park ranger,
or forest ranger, is guilty of a infraction.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to positions and titles of
agencies of the United States government or to any local agency which
is officially using any title specified in subdivision (a) as of
January 1, 1990.