California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 3 - Penalties

  • Section 42400.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3.5, or 42400.4, any person who violates this part, or any rule, regulation, permit, or order...
  • Section 42400.1.
    (a)  Any person who negligently emits an air contaminant in violation of any provision of this part or any rule, regulation, permit, or order of...
  • Section 42400.2.
    (a)  Any person who emits an air contaminant in violation of any provision of this part, or any order, rule, regulation, or permit of the...
  • Section 42400.3.
    (a)  Any person who willfully and intentionally emits an air contaminant in violation of any provision of this part or any rule, regulation, permit, or...
  • Section 42400.3.5.
    (a)  Any person who knowingly violates any rule, regulation, permit, order, fee requirement, or filing requirement of the state board or of a district, including...
  • Section 42400.4.
    (a)  In any district where a Title V permit program has been fully approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, any person who knowingly violates...
  • Section 42400.5.
    In addition to the penalties, specified in Section 42400, the cost of putting out any unauthorized open outdoor fires may be imposed on any person...
  • Section 42400.6.
    A fine or monetary penalty specified in Section 39674; subdivision (a), (b), (d), or (e) of Section 42400; Section 42402; or subdivision (a) of Section...
  • Section 42400.7.
    (a)  The recovery of civil penalties pursuant to Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4 precludes prosecution under Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3,...
  • Section 42400.8.
    In determining the amount of fine to impose pursuant to Sections 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3.5, and 42400.4, the court shall consider all relevant circumstances,...
  • Section 42401.
    Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any order of abatement issued by a district pursuant to Section 42450, by a hearing board pursuant to...
  • Section 42402.
    (a) Except as provided in Sections 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, and 42402.4, any person who violates this part, any order issued pursuant to Section 42316, or any...
  • Section 42402.1.
    (a)  Any person who negligently emits an air contaminant in violation of this part or any rule, regulation, permit, or order of the state board...
  • Section 42402.2.
    (a)  Any person who emits an air contaminant in violation of any provision of this part, or any order, rule, regulation, or permit of the...
  • Section 42402.3.
    (a)  Any person who willfully and intentionally emits an air contaminant in violation of this part or any rule, regulation, permit, or order of the...
  • Section 42402.4.
    Any person who knowingly and with intent to deceive, falsifies any document required to be kept pursuant to any provision of this part, or any...
  • Section 42402.5.
    In addition to any civil and criminal penalties prescribed under this article, a district may impose administrative civil penalties for a violation of this part,...
  • Section 42403.
    (a)  The civil penalties prescribed in Sections 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, and 42402.3 shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in...
  • Section 42403.5.
    (a)  Notwithstanding Section 42407, any violation of Section 41700 resulting from the engine of any diesel-powered bus while idling shall subject the owner to civil...
  • Section 42404.
    An action brought pursuant to Section 42403 to recover such civil penalties shall take special precedence over all other civil matters on the calendar of...
  • Section 42404.5.
    Any limitation of time applicable to actions brought pursuant to Section 42403 shall not commence to run until the offense has been discovered, or could...
  • Section 42405.
    In an action brought pursuant to Section 42403 by the Attorney General on behalf of a district, one-half of the penalty collected shall be paid...
  • Section 42405.1.
    (a)  Any person who provides information that materially contributes to the imposition of a civil penalty or criminal fine against any person for violating any...
  • Section 42405.5.
    (a)  If any state or local government agency provides assistance in the investigation, data collection, or monitoring, preparation, or prosecution of an action to recover...
  • Section 42406.
    To secure a civil penalty imposed pursuant to this article on the operation of a vessel, the district shall have a lien on the vessel...
  • Section 42407.
    Except as provided in Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 39640) of Part 2 and Sections 40720 and 42403.5, this article is not applicable to vehicular...
  • Section 42408.
    (a)  Any person who tampers with any ambient air monitoring equipment, including related recording equipment, owned or operated by a county, unified or regional air...
  • Section 42409.
    Every district shall publish in writing and make available to any interested party a list which describes potential violations subject to penalties under this article...
  • Section 42410.
    (a)  As an alternative to seeking civil penalties under Sections 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, and 42402.3 for a violation of regulations of the state...
  • Section 42411.
    Notwithstanding any other law, maximum penalties assessed by the state board or a district pursuant to this chapter as of January 1, 2018, shall be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018