Health & Saf. Code, § 117475 · Article 2. Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage

Health & Saf. Code, § 117475

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

For the purpose of this article the term “garbage” includes any or all of the following:

(a) Garbage.

(b) Swill.

(d) Cans.

(e) Bottles.

(f) Paper.

(g) Vegetable matter.

(h) Carcass of any dead animal.

(i) Offal from any slaughter pen or butcher shop.

(j) Trash.

(k) Rubbish.

( l) Radioactive waste materials.

(m) Discarded, nonbiodegradable materials including plastics or damaged or broken marine equipment.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=117475.
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