(a)  Except as otherwise specified herein, any person violating any provision of this article other than Section 122060 shall be subject to civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation. An action may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California by the district attorney for the county where the violation occurred in the appropriate court or by the city attorney in the city where the violation occurred.

(b)  Nothing in this article limits or authorizes any act or omission that violates Section 597 l of the Penal Code.

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(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)