Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 147. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
(a)It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false statement in connection with any report or record required under this article.
(b)(1) Any person who violates this section shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(2)Any person who has been previously convicted of violating this section and who subsequently violates this section shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant
to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years, or by a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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