Chapter 7. Enforcement of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 23. >> Chapter 7.

A peace officer may, in the enforcement of this division, make arrests without warrant for a violation of this division which he or she may witness, and may confiscate native plants, or parts thereof when unlawfully harvested, transported, possessed, sold, or otherwise obtained in violation of this division.

A person violating any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), for each violation or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both, and each violation constitutes a separate offense.

Upon conviction of a violation of this division, all permits issued to the person convicted shall be revoked and the permittee shall be required to surrender any unused tags and seals or wood receipts to the issuing agency and no new or additional permits shall be issued to the permittee for a period of one year from the date of conviction.

A second conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), for each violation, by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment, and each violation shall constitute a separate offense. Upon the second conviction, all permits issued to the person convicted shall be revoked and the permittee shall be required to surrender any unused tags and seals or wood receipts to the issuing agency and no new or additional permits shall be issued to the permittee at any time in the future from the date of conviction.

The issuing agency may revoke any permit, tags, or seals issued for the purpose of harvesting for ultimate replanting if the permittee willfully fails to comply with all of the conditions or stipulations of the permit.