California Public Resources Code

§ 71216

PRC § 71216 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 36 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a person who intentionally or negligently fails to comply with the requirements of this division may be liable for an administrative civil penalty in an amount that shall not exceed twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($27,500) for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation.

(b)A person who fails to comply with the reporting requirements set forth in Section 71205 may be liable for an administrative civil penalty in an amount that shall not exceed twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($27,500) per violation. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation.

(c)A person who, knowingly and with intent to deceive, falsifies a ballast water or biofouling management report form required by this division, or knowingly and with intent to deceive, tampers with or disables a system for controlling the release of nonindigenous species, required by this division, may be liable for an administrative civil penalty in an amount that shall not exceed twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($27,500) per violation. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 742, Sec. 28. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2019.