Current through the 2024 Legislative Session.
Section 621 - Unlawful destruction or removal of law enforcement or firefighter's memorial(a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighter's memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.Amended by Stats 2018 ch 549 (AB 2801),s 1, eff. 1/1/2019.Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011.Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 419, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.