Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 20. PROCESSORS, STORERS, DEALERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS [54001 - 57700]
( Division 20 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15. ) CHAPTER 10. Private Produce Inspection [57301 - 57309]
( Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1039, Sec. 1. ) 57307.
(a) Any person who violates this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General at the request of the director. Any funds recovered pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
(b) An action may also be brought pursuant to this section by the district attorney at the request of the commissioner in the county in which the offense occurred. Any funds recovered pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1039, Sec. 1.)