Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 187, Sec. 6. (SB 776) Effective January 1, 2022.
(a)Any person, including a recipient, recipient’s contractor, consultant, employee, agent, assignee, or grantee who violates any requirement or term of a financial assistance agreement is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day of violation, not to exceed 25 percent of the total amount of the financial assistance agreement.
(b)The Attorney General, upon request of the state board, shall bring an action in superior court to impose the civil penalty specified in subdivision (a).
(c)The state board may impose the civil penalty administratively pursuant to
Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5.
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