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California Penal Code Section 538f

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Any person, other than an employee of a public utility or
district as defined in Sections 216 and 11503 of the Public Utilities
Code, respectively, who willfully presents himself or herself to a
utility or district customer with the intent of fraudulently
personating an employee of a public utility or district, or of
fraudulently inducing the belief that he or she is an employee of a
public utility or district, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months,
or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both
that fine and imprisonment.  Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prohibit conduct that arguably constitutes protected
activity under state labor law or the National Labor Relations Act
(Title 29, United States Code, Section 151 and following).

Last modified: January 12, 2009