California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 5650.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it is unlawful to deposit in, permit to pass into, or place where it can pass into the waters...
• Section 5650.1.
  (a) A person who violates Section 5650 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation.(b) The civil penalty...
• Section 5651.
  Whenever it is determined by the department that a continuing and chronic condition of pollution exists, the department shall report that condition to the appropriate...
• Section 5652.
  (a) It is unlawful to deposit, permit to pass into, or place where it can pass into the waters of the state, or to abandon, dispose...
• Section 5653.
  (a) The use of vacuum or suction dredge equipment by a person in a river, stream, or lake of this state is prohibited, except as authorized...
• Section 5653.1.
  (a) The issuance of permits to operate vacuum or suction dredge equipment is a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with...
• Section 5653.3.
  Any person required to possess a permit pursuant to Section 5653 shall present his or her dredging equipment for inspection upon request of a state...
• Section 5653.5.
  For purposes of Section 5653, “river, stream, or lake” means the body of water at the current water level at the time of the dredging.(Added...
• Section 5653.7.
  In the event of an unanticipated water level change, when necessary to protect fish and wildlife resources, the department may close areas that were otherwise...
• Section 5653.8.
  For purposes of Sections 5653 and 5653.3, “person” does not include a partnership, corporation, or other type of association.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1109, Sec....
• Section 5653.9.
  The department shall adopt regulations to carry out Section 5653 and may adopt regulations to carry out Sections 5653.3, 5653.5, and 5653.7. The regulations shall...
• Section 5654.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 5523 and except as provided in paragraph (2), the director, within 24 hours of notification of a spill or discharge, as those terms...
• Section 5655.
  (a) In addition to the responsibilities imposed pursuant to Section 5651, the department may clean up or abate, or cause to be cleaned up or abated,...
• Section 5656.
  Any recovery or settlement of money damages, including, but not limited to, civil penalties arising out of any civil action filed and maintained by the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018