(a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the following:

(1) Restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the use of any method, act, or practice declared in this chapter to be unlawful.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 116920

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(2) Restore to any person in interest any money or property, real or personal, that may have been acquired by any method, act, or practice declared by this chapter to be unlawful.

(b) For a covered water system regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, the commission may bring an action in state court to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the use by a covered water system regulated by the commission of any method, act, or practice declared in this chapter to be unlawful.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 855, Sec. 11. (SB 3) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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