Police protection districts.

Existing law provided, until October 1, 1959, for the formation and administration of police protection districts in unincorporated towns, and provides for the continuation of police protection districts formed prior to that date. Existing law provides that a police protection district is to be governed by a district board consisting of 3 elected commissioners. Existing law further provides that a police protection district's police department, its chief of police, and its employees shall have all the rights, duties, privileges, immunities, obligations, and powers of a municipal police department. This bill would grant police protection districts additional powers, including, but not limited to, the ability to adopt rules, regulations, and ordinances, as specified. This bill would specify that a violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of police commissioners would be a misdemeanor. The bill would authorize a district to charge a fee to cover the cost of any service that the district provides or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee is charged, as specified.