California Code, Public Utilities Code - PUC § 7815

Every street railroad corporation shall provide, and on request furnish to all persons desiring a passage on its cars, any required quantity of passenger tickets or checks, each to be good for one ride. Any corporation failing to provide and furnish tickets or checks to any person desiring to purchase them at the prescribed rate shall forfeit to such person the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), to be recovered as provided in Section 7814. The provisions of this section shall not apply to such street railroad corporations as charge but five cents ($0.05) fare.