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f �►pBit 19791 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINIONS 175 riot intended to invest either the district attorney or the county counsel with powers as "civil prosecutor" under the Brown Act. The section was not intended to be in aid and futherance of and auxiliary to the criminal laws. It was intended to be in aid of the civil law—co provide a civil remedy after one was denied by Fj dicial decision in Adler v. City Council. That section 54960 was not intended m be "quasi-criminal" in nature is manifest from the fact that the scope of civil 1. ti dens under section 54960 is broader than criminal actions under section 54959 of the Brown Act; therefore, only in the unusual case will a violation of the act also be a misdemeanor. This conclusion is also manifest from the fact that the open meeting requirements of the laws applicable to "state agencies" and the Legislature both contain similar civil enforcement provisions as are found in the ;.".,Brown Act. Yet neither of these laws contain criminal sanctions. This is a further t indication that these remedies, whether found in the Brown Act or the similar state acts, were not intended to fall within the prosecutorial functions of the . x-_ district attorney. We so conclude. i E ( Opinion No. CV 79-2—April 11, 1979 SUBJECT: OFFSITE AND ONSITE IMPROVEMENTS—Under the provisions 1 *r: of Government Code section 66411.1, a local agency may not require that the construction of offsire and onsite improvements be completed prior to y the recordation of a parcel map. A local agency may require that the improvements be secured and may deny approval for development until construction requirements have been fulfilled. Requested by: DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CALAVARES COUNTY Opinion by: GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, Attorney General Rodney Lilyquist, Jr., Deputy ~;. The Honorable Joseph W. Kiley, District Attorney of Calaveras County, has equested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a local agency require that the construction of offsite and onsite provements under the provisions of Government Code section 66411.1 be omplered prior to the recordation of a parcel map? 2. May a local agency require that the construction of offsite and onsite f 71mprovements under the provisions of Government Code section 66411.1 be secured pursuant to the provisions of Government Code sections 66499-66499.10? 3. Where the construction of offsite and onsite improvements under the provisions of Government Code section 66411.1 is not secured and the subdivider is no longer the owner of the parcels,may a local agency deny approval for develop- -Pent of the parcels by their owners until the construction requirements have been fulfilled? u