California Government Code 61064 – (a) Violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a …
(a) Violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors is a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to § 19 of the Penal Code.
(b) Any citation issued by a district for violation of a rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors may be processed as an infraction pursuant to subdivision (d) of § 17 of the Penal Code.
Terms Used In California Government Code 61064
- Board of directors: means the board of directors of a district that establishes policies for the operation of the district. See California Government Code 61002
- City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- District: means a community services district created pursuant to this division or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Government Code 61002
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(c) To protect property and to preserve the peace at facilities owned or managed by a district, a board of directors may confer on designated uniformed district employees the power to issue citations for misdemeanor and infraction violations of state law, city or county ordinances, or district rules, regulations, or ordinances when the violation is committed within a facility and in the presence of the employee issuing the citation. District employees shall issue citations pursuant to Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 249, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)