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5'r L- (3) Operate or use a motor vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, or bicycle on a trail or path not designated and posted for use by such conveyances or to use a trail or path in a dangerous or reckless manner; or (4) Abandon, store or leave a vehicle, boat, trailer or other personal property in a city park during park curfew hours or after the check- out time for the park facility. (b) A(1y vehicle, boat, trailer or other personal property found in violation of this section may be removed and stored at the owner's expense. (c) This section does not apply to city employees conducting official city business or persons participating in a supervised program approved by the director. Sec. 58.036. Authority of Park Rangers. Park rangers designated by the director of the city parks and recreation department are authorized to issue municipal court citations to enforce this chapter, all city code provisions and all Class C Misdemeanor offenses or other offenses punishable by fine only, as defined by State law, within city parks. . SECTION 3. Chapter 58, Article 2, of the San Marcos City Code is amended by adding sections 58.037,58.038,58.039, and 58.040 to read as follows: Sec. 58.037. Hunting, fishing and camping in city parks. (a) It is unlawful for a person to: (1 ) Hunt, harm, harass, disturb, trap, confine, catch, possess or remove wildlife from or in city parks; (2) Release any fish, bait-fish, plant or other aquatic organism into the waters of a city park; (3) Fish, grapple, or catch and release, in an area where fishing is prohibited by sign; (4) Light, build, or maintain a fire within a city park except in a facility or device provided, maintained, or designed for such purposes; (5) Collect or gather wood in city parks; (6) Camp except as authorized by permit in areas designated or marked for that purpose; (7) Use any water or drinking fountain, pool, sprinkler, reservoir, lake, river or any other water body in the park for the purpose of washing or cleaning pets, themselves, their clothing or other personal belongings; or (8) Deposit wastewater, sewage, or effluent from sinks, toilets, or other plumbing fixtures upon or into the grounds or waters of a city park. (b) Employees of the department, peace officers, park rangers, emergency personnel and State authorized personnel are exempt from these rules to the extent these rules conflict with the discharge of their official duties. (c) A person convicted of a violation of this section involving an endangered - 4 -