{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-243.35","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 243.35","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in Section 243.3, when a battery is committed against any person on the property of, or in a motor vehicle of, a public transportation provider, the offense shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.\n(b) As used in this section, “public transportation provider” means a publicly or privately owned entity that operates, for the transportation of persons for hire, a bus, taxicab, streetcar, cable car, trackless trolley, or other motor vehicle, including a vehicle operated on stationary rails or on a track or rail suspended in air, or that operates a schoolbus.\n(c) As used in this section, “on the property of” means the entire station where public transportation is available, including the parking lot reserved for the public who utilize the transportation system.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","CHAPTER 9. Assault and Battery [240. - 248.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1f9c40fd6e519bed44812a1adbeceb8e2cd6dfbf582e7785552eab6ddda5564b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-243.3","next":"us-ca/pen-243.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}