(a) The department may enact rules and regulations governing the time and manner of use of safety roadside rests, and all state laws and rules and regulations of the department shall be administered and enforced within the safety roadside rests by all employees of the state authorized by the department to do so and by all peace officers.

(b) No person shall engage in any activity within a safety roadside rest area or vista point prohibited by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 225

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
  • Vista point: means any signed roadside area on the state highway system developed and maintained by the department for the purpose of providing the motorist with a place to stop to view the scenic panorama or points of visual interest. See California Streets and Highways Code 35

(c) A violation of subdivision (b) is an infraction. A second or subsequent conviction of a violation of subdivision (b) is a misdemeanor.

(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 275, Sec. 1. Effective July 15, 1983.)

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