Section 9166 Of Article 4. Violations And Penalties From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
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(a) In addition to any other penalty or fine prescribed by
law, any person who violates any provision of this division, or any
regulation which is issued pursuant to this division, is subject to
an administrative penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100)
or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. Each
violation during any day constitutes a separate offense. Any money
that is recovered under this section shall be paid into the State
Treasury and shall be credited to the Department of Food and
Agriculture Fund.
(b) If the secretary finds that a violation has occurred, the
person charged shall receive notice of the nature of the violation,
and shall be given an opportunity to be heard in accordance with
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code, except that informal hearing
procedures may not be used under the circumstances described in
subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 11445.20 of the Government Code.