ordinances

Sacramento Ordinances

	10.28.030 Authorized traffic direction. A. Any person issued a valid funeral escort permit pursuant to this chapter and leading or otherwise escorting a vehicular funeral procession shall obey all traffic laws, including all speed laws, except that such person is authorized to stop cross-traffic, to enable all vehicles in the funeral procession to proceed together as an unbroken chain, at intersections controlled by: 1. Stop signs, providing that the permittee remains in the intersection until all funeral procession vehicles have cleared the intersection; and 2. Signal lights, providing that the lead vehicle in the procession enters the intersection with a green light and the permittee remains in the intersection at all times when the light is not green. B. A permittee is authorized to direct traffic in the manner specified in this section only while wearing an official insignia issued by the chief of police, and carrying a valid permit issued to him or her as an individual pursuant to this chapter. C. The chief of police may order the revocation of a funeral escort permit, in accordance with the procedure specified in Section 10.28.090 of this chapter, if the permittee has directed traffic in a manner contrary to that specified in this section. (Prior code § 25.11.193) 10.32.010 Prohibited Acts. No person shall drive any vehicle or animal, or do any act, in violation of the following: 1. Drive through vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such a procession are specifically designated Local Regulation of Traffic (C.V.C) 21100.3. It is unlawful for any person to disobey the traffic directions of a person appointed or authorized by a local authority to regulate traffic pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 21100 when such appointee is wearing an official insignia issued by the local authority and is acting in the course of his appointed duties. Amended Ch. 15, stats.1976.effective Jan 1 1977. Penal Code Section 594.35 (formerly Health & Safety Code Section 8101) Every person is guilty of a crime and punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or by imprisonment in a county jail for not exceeding one year, who maliciously does any of the following: (applicable section is highlighted) (a) Destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery, or any gate, door, fence, wall, post or railing, or any inclosure for the protection of a cemetery or mortuary or any property in a cemetery or mortuary. (d) Disturbs, obstructs, detains or interferes with any person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service, or an interment