{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"120450","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 120450","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS [120000. - 120702.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Powers and Functions [120200. - 120488.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-11/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Penalties [120450. - 120452.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-11/chapter-4/article-8"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1035, Sec. 2.4.   Effective January 1, 2001.","effective":"2001-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/penalties-120450","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}