Health & Saf. Code, § 25189.6 · Article 8. Enforcement
Health & Saf. Code, § 25189.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any person who knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the risk, treats, handles, transports, disposes, or stores any hazardous waste in a manner which causes any unreasonable risk of fire, explosion, serious injury, or death is guilty of a public offense and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for each day of violation, or 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, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) Any person who knowingly, at the time the person takes the actions specified in subdivision (a), places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, is guilty of a public offense and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for each day of violation, and by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, six, or nine years.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 189. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Health & Saf. Code, § 25189.6. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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- Health & Saf. Code, § 11358Printed as Section 25189.5, 25189.6, or 25189.7 of the Health and Safety Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 25189.4Printed as Section 25189, 25189.2, 25189.3, 25189.5, 25189.6, or 25189.7
- Health & Saf. Code, § 25190Printed as Sections 25185.6, 25189.5, 25189.6, 25189.7, and 25191
- Health & Saf. Code, § 25191.2Printed as Sections 25189.5, 25189.6, 25189.7, 25190, and 25191
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