(a) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day of violation, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b) (1) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this chapter, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for each violation of a separate provision or, for continuing violations, for each day that the violation continues.

(2) Liability under this subdivision may be imposed in a civil action or may be imposed administratively pursuant to this article.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 299, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)