15615. Every person served with a subpena who fails or neglects without just excuse to obey it, and every officer who refuses to obey the rules prescribed by the board or to perform the duties prescribed in the rules, forfeits to the State five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by action in the name of the board. Such action may be commenced and tried in any county of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)