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Effective Jan 1, 2025Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 342, Sec. 3. (AB 460) Effective January 1, 2025.
(a) A person or entity may be liable for a violation of any of the following in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs:
- (1) A term or condition of a permit, license, certificate, or registration issued under this division.
- (2) A regulation or order adopted by the board.
- (3) A condition or reporting requirement for the diversion of floodwaters for groundwater recharge under Section 1242.1.
(b) For a violation described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) that constitutes the diversion of water contrary to a curtailment order adopted by the board, a person or entity may be liable in an amount not to exceed the following:
- (1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.
- (2) Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each acre-foot of water diverted in violation of the curtailment order, beginning on the first day on which the violation occurs.
- (c) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court. The Attorney General, upon the request of the board, shall petition the superior court to impose, assess, and recover those sums.
- (d) Civil liability may be imposed administratively by the board pursuant to Section 1055.