Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.7 · Article 3. Penalties
Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.7
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The recovery of civil penalties pursuant to Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4 precludes prosecution under Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3.5, or 42400.4 for the same offense. When a district refers a violation to a prosecuting agency, the filing of a criminal complaint is grounds requiring the dismissal of any civil action brought pursuant to this article for the same offense.
(b) If the pending civil action described in subdivision (a) includes a request for injunctive relief, that portion of the civil action shall not be dismissed upon the filing of a criminal complaint for the same offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 805, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.
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§ionNum=42400.7.
- Text hash
- sha256 c95a2ae7cda0646773b0762ff4144bb8a615b571710d186a0e78f46bca2e5348
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 39674Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400Printed as Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.1Printed as Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.2Printed as Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42400.3Printed as Section 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42401Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42402Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42402.1Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42402.2Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42402.3Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
- Health & Saf. Code, § 42402.4Printed as Section 39674, 42401, 42402, 42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, or 42402.4
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.