BILL NUMBER: AB 2140	CHAPTERED  09/09/04

	CHAPTER  421
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Runner

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2004

   An act to amend Section 80172 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to desert species.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2140, Runner.  Desert species:  fines.
   (1) Existing law establishes the California Desert Native Plants
Act, which endeavors to protect California desert native plants from
unlawful harvesting on both public and privately owned lands.
Existing law makes any person who violates the act guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $300, nor more than
$1,000, for each violation or by imprisonment in the county jail not
to exceed one year, or both, and makes each violation a separate
offense.  Existing law requires the department to enforce the
provisions of the act.
   This bill would increase the amount of that fine to not less than
$1,500, and not more than $2,500, for each violation.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 80172 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   80172.  A person violating any provision of this division is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), nor more than two thousand
five hundred dollars ($2,500), for each violation or by imprisonment
in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both, and each
violation constitutes a separate offense.