Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.1 · Article 3. Penalties
Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 854, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2002.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.1. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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- Health & Saf. Code, § 39675Printed as Sections 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, and 42402.2
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400Printed as Section 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.3.5Printed as Section 42400.1, 42400.2, or 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.4Printed as Section 42400.1, 42400.2, or 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.7Printed as Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.8Printed as Sections 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
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