Transportation district trains; unlawful to ride without a valid ticket. (SB584)

Introduced By

Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke)

Progress

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Became Law

Description

Using transportation district trains without a valid ticket. Rewrites the code section that punishes unlawfully riding on a transportation district train. The bill punishes failure or refusal to pay the posted fare, or failure to properly validate a train ticket, as a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill punishes use of a validated ticket outside of the zone of the ticketed ride as a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill punishes use of a fraudulent or counterfeit ticket as a Class 2 misdemeanor. The bill limits the amount of recoverable costs to the same amount as the maximum fine.   View Full Text »

Status

02/01/2010: Merged into SB25
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