SECTIONS 120450-120452 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 120450-120452

120450. Violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by
the board relating to the nonpayment of a fare on any transit vehicle
or in any transit station owned, controlled, or used 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 the fine and imprisonment.

120450.5. No person shall give, either orally or in writing,
information to a public officer or employee engaged in the
enforcement of the provisions of this article when that person knows
that the information is false. A violation of this section is an
infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50),
except that such a violation by a person, after the 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 that fine and
imprisonment.
This section is in addition to, and does not supersede or limit,
any and all other remedies, civil or criminal.

120451. Violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by
the board prohibiting unauthorized operation or manipulation of
transit facilities owned, controlled, or used by the board, or
prohibiting unauthorized tampering or interference with, or loitering
in or about, transit facilities owned, controlled, or used by the
board, including, but not limited to, transit centers, rail stations,
bus shelters, and bus stops on public and private property, is an
infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50),
except that such 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 not
exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

120452. 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 fifty
dollars ($50), 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 a
county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and
imprisonment.