California · Penal Code
PEN §374.7: (a) A person who litters or causes to be littered, or dumps or causes to be dumped, waste matter into a bay, lagoon, channel, river, creek, slough, canal, lake, or reservoir, or other stream or body o
What this law says, in plain English
A person who litters or dumps waste into water bodies or nearby shores within 150 feet of the water line commits a misdemeanor punishable by mandatory fines and possible litter cleanup work.
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