2011 California Code
Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 26. AIR RESOURCES [39000 - 44474]
ARTICLE 3. Penalties
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 the state board or of a district pertaining to emission regulations or limitations is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than nine months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) Any person who negligently emits an air contaminant in violation of Section 41700 that causes great bodily injury, as defined by Section 12022.7 of the Penal Code, to, or death of, any person, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(c) Each day during any portion of which a violation occurs is a separate offense.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 854, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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