California Public Resources Code

§ 4726

PRC § 4726 Effective Sep 27, 1983Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 6

Statute text

Any person who willfully cuts down, strips of its bark, or destroys by fire, any tree “over 16 feet in diameter,” in the groves of big trees situated in the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, or Kern, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 25 days nor more than 150 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 342. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.