Cal. PRC § 4601
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 4601, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or rule or regulation of the board is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The person is guilty of a separate misdemeanor offense under this section for each day in which an order for corrective action issued pursuant to Section 4605 or 4608 is violated.
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