California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §42408: (a) Any person who tampers with any ambient air monitoring equipment, including related recording equipment, owned or operated by a county, unified or regional air pollution control district, air qual

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who intentionally tampers with or touches air monitoring equipment operated by government agencies commits a misdemeanor and may be liable for damages caused by the tampering.

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(a) Any person who tampers with any ambient air monitoring equipment, including related recording equipment, owned or operated by a county, unified or regional air pollution control district, air quality management district, or by the State of California, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is liable in a civil action for damages caused by the tampering to the owner or operator of the equipment. (b) For purposes of this section, “tampering” means any unauthorized, intentional touching or other conduct affecting the operational status of monitoring equipment which has the potential to invalidate data collected from the monitoring activity.

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