California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §116920: (a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the following: (1) Restrain by temporary or permanen

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The Attorney General and Public Utilities Commission may seek court injunctions to stop unlawful practices and recover money or property obtained through such practices.

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(a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the following: (1) Restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the use of any method, act, or practice declared in this chapter to be unlawful. (2) Restore to any person in interest any money or real property acquired by any method, act, or practice declared by this chapter to be unlawful. (b) For a covered water system regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, the commission may bring an action in state court to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the use by a covered water system regulated by the commission of any method, act, or practice declared in this chapter to be unlawful. (c) Nothing in this section provides public water systems with authorities not otherwise provided to those systems by law.

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