Section 116840 Of Article 3. Water Treatment Devices From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 12. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The department, or any local health officer with the
concurrence of the department, shall enforce this article.
(b) The department may remove a water treatment device from, or
determine not to include a water treatment device on, the list of
water treatment devices on the department's Internet Web site upon
its determination of any of the following:
(1) That the manufacturer, or any employee or agent thereof, has
violated this article or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Part 3 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) That any of the information submitted pursuant to Section
116832 is not true.
(3) That a certificate issued by the department prior to December
31, 2013, has expired, unless the manufacturer otherwise complies
with Section 116832.
(4) That the manufacturer has not paid the annual fees required by
Section 116850.
(5) That the manufacturer has failed to submit all of the
information required by subdivision (a) of Section 116832.
(c) Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, joint stock
company, or any other association or organization that violates any
provision of this article shall be liable for a civil penalty not to
exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation. Where the
conduct constituting a violation is of a continuing nature, each day
of the conduct is a separate and distinct violation. The civil
penalty 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, or by any district attorney, county counsel, or city
attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) If the action is brought by the Attorney General, one-half of
the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in
which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the State Treasurer.
If brought by a district attorney or county counsel, the entire
amount of penalties collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the
county in which the judgment was entered. If brought by a city
attorney or city prosecutor, one-half of the penalty shall be paid to
the treasurer of the county and one-half to the city.
(e) Unless otherwise provided, the remedies or penalties provided
by this article are cumulative to each other and to remedies or
penalties available under all other laws of this state.