{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"117480","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 117480","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104"},{"name":"PART 13. GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL [117400. - 117590.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-13"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Waste and Waste Disposal [117400. - 117590.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-13/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage [117475. - 117500.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-13/chapter-4/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or at any point in the ocean within twenty miles of any point on the coast line of the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or at any point in the ocean within twenty miles of any point on the coast line of the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/pollution-of-navigable-waters-with-garbage-117480","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}