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City of American Canyon Municipal Code.

1.24.030 Establishment of offenses as infractions.

Any violation expressly declared to be punish-able, in the discretion of the court, by either a fine, or by a fine or imprisonment, or both, shall become an infraction for all purposes under any of the following circumstances:

(A) Where a judgment imposes a punishment of a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars in the case of a first offense; or

(B) When the court grants probation to a defendant without the imposition of a sentence and, at the time of granting probation, or on application of the defendant or probation officer thereafter, the court declares the offense to be an infraction; or

(C) When the city attorney or any deputy district attorney files in a court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses a complaint specifying that the offense is an infraction.