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. (a) Except as provided in Section 12702 and subdivision (b),
a person who violates any provision of this part, or any regulations
issued pursuant to this part, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred
dollars ($500) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding one year, or by
both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this part, or any
regulations issued pursuant to this part, by possessing dangerous
fireworks shall be subject to the following:
(1) A person who possesses a gross weight, including packaging, of
less than 25 pounds of unaltered dangerous fireworks, as defined in
Section 12505, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the
county jail for not exceeding one year, or both that fine and
imprisonment. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, a person shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000)
or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by both
that fine and imprisonment.
(2) A person who possesses a gross weight, including packaging, of
not less than 25 pounds or more than 100 pounds of unaltered
dangerous fireworks, as defined in Section 12505, is guilty of a
public offense, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not
less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(3) A person who possesses a gross weight, including packaging, of
not less than 100 pounds or more than 5,000 pounds of unaltered
dangerous fireworks, as defined in Section 12505, is guilty of a
public offense, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or a
county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than
five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more than ten thousand dollars
($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(4) A person who possesses a gross weight, including packaging, of
more than 5,000 pounds of unaltered dangerous fireworks, as defined
in Section 12505, is guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction
shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of
Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or a county jail for not more than
one year, or by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars
($10,000) or more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both
that fine and imprisonment.
(c) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to a person who holds and is
operating within the scope of a valid license as described in Section
12516 or valid permit as described in Section 12522.