There shall be a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of the state parks, historical objects and sites, and outdoor recreation laws and regulations; traffic laws and ordinances; and the laws of the State and the rules and regulations of the department relative to the protection and proper utilization of the recreational, scenic, historical, natural and archaeological, scientific and related resources of state lands and lands within the conservation district which do not mandate the physical arrest of the violators. The summons or citation shall be printed in a form commensurate with the form of other summons or citations used in modern methods of arrest and shall be so designed to include all necessary information to make it valid and legal within the laws and regulations of the State. The form and content of the summons or citations shall be as adopted or prescribed by the district environmental courts.

In every case when a summons or citation is issued the original of the same shall be given to the violator; provided that the district environmental courts may prescribe the issuance to the violator of a carbon copy of the summons or citation and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies.

Every summons or citation shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the number of its respective original.