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To your first question:
If you are interested in the actual text of the law there are generally at least two places to go. First is the yearly Session Law book, but that requires you know the year the law was passed. The complete text will be available there. Some states have them on line, mostly you will have to find them in a law library. The other source would be either the State Archives and you state's Secretary of State. All bills once passed go to the Sec of State for filing, from there they generally go to the State Archives, and you should be able to get a copy from one or both of those offices. It will still require knowing the year and bill number to get it. The problem with the original text is that it will not contain any amendments or material that goes along with the statute, unless they actually repealed and reenacted at that time.
To your second question:
The authority for an officer to issue a summons will either be included within the statute in question, or in the general statutes for law enforcement. The same applies to judges. The authority to enter a plea, and the only one they can enter is of "not guilty" will come from the judicial statutes, and court rules. A judge will not enter a plea for someone unless they cannot or will not enter a plea on their own behalf. They enter a "not guilty plea" to protect and preserve the individual's rights.
To your third question:
The existence or lack of existence of a birth certificate does not alter the effect of the law, you can still be arrested, charged, convicted, and imprisoned whether or not you have a birth certificate.
If you are charged with criminal trespass, then you had best read the statute on criminal trespass, and if you gave false information to the officer at arrest they you have another charge to face as well.
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