CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 290-01 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT
Commencing October 28, 2002, every person required to register under
Section 290 who is enrolled as a student of any university, college,
community college, or other institution of higher learning, or is, with or
without compensation, a full-time or part-time employee of that university,
college, community college, or other institution of higher learning, or is
carrying on a vocation at the university, college, community college, or
other institution of higher learning, for more than 14 days, or for an
aggregate period exceeding 30 days in a calendar year, shall, in addition to
the registration required by Section 290, register with the campus police
department within five working days of commencing enrollment or employment
at that university, college, community college, or other institution of
higher learning, on a form as may be required by the Department of Justice.
The terms "employed or carries on a vocation’ include employment whether or
not financially compensated, volunteered, or performed for government or
educational benefit. The registrant shall also notify the campus police
department within five working days of ceasing to be enrolled or employed,
or ceasing to carry on a vocation, at the university, college, community
college, or other institution of higher learning.
If the university, college, community college, or other institution of
higher learning has no campus police department, the registrant shall
instead register pursuant to subdivision (a) with the police of the city in
which the campus is located or the sheriff of the county where the campus is
located if the campus is located in an unincorporated area or in a city that
has no police department, on a form as may be required by the Department of
Justice. The requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) are in addition to the
requirements of Section 290.
A first violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). A second violation of this
section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not
more than six months, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000),
or by both that imprisonment and fine. A third or subsequent violation of
this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail
for not more than one year, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars
($1,000), or both the imprisonment and fine.
