125.4521 Refusal of person to pay fare or obey regulations; removal of person; placement of impediment upon track as felony; throwing stone, brick, or other missile as mi
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125.4521 Refusal of person to pay fare or obey regulations; removal of person; placement of impediment upon track as felony; throwing stone, brick, or other missile as misdemeanor.
Sec. 521.
(1)If a person refuses to pay a fare owed to a street railway or refuses to obey regulations established by the street railway for the convenience and safety of passengers, the street railway may remove the person from the streetcar, tram, or trolley at a usual stopping place.
(2)A person who causes or attempts to cause the derailment of a streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway by the placing of an impediment upon the track of a street railway, whether the streetcar, tram, or trolley is dislodged from the track or not, or who by any other means whatsoever willfully endangers or attempts to endanger the life of any person engaged in the work of the street railway, or any person traveling on the streetcar, tram, or trolley of the street railway, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or any number of years. Proof that the person intended to injure or endanger the life of any particular person is not required to prove a violation of this section.
(3)A person who throws a stone, brick, or other missile at a streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not less than 10 days or more than 90 days, or both.
History: 2018, Act 57 , Eff. Jan. 1, 2019