California Government Code

§ 8670.64

GOV § 8670.64 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 1 · Title 2 · Ch. 7.4 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)A person who commits any of the following acts shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code:

(1)Except as provided in Section 8670.27, knowingly fails to follow the direction or orders of the administrator in connection with an oil spill.

(2)Knowingly fails to notify the Coast Guard that a vessel is disabled within one hour of the disability and the vessel, while disabled, causes a discharge of oil that enters marine waters. For purposes of this paragraph, “vessel” means a vessel, as defined in Section 21 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, of 300 gross tons or more.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 119, Sec. 1. (AB 3214) Effective January 1, 2021.