Section 14300.
14300. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The enforcement of California’s environmental laws is essential to protect human health, the environment, and the state’s economy. (2) Fair and uniform enforcement of laws and regulations governing the environment benefits law abiding businesses, firms, and individuals. (3) There is a need to better integrate enforcement of […]
Section 14301.
14301. (a) There is hereby established in the agency, a program of financial assistance to do all of the following: (1) Provide for statewide education and training programs in the enforcement of environmental laws for peace officers, investigators, state and local environmental regulators, public prosecutors, and community-based organizations. (2) Establish enhanced local environmental enforcement efforts. (3) Provide that disadvantaged […]
Section 14303.
14303. (a) There is hereby created, in the General Fund, the Environmental Enforcement and Training Account and up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the account may be expended annually by the agency, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this title. (b) The agency may accept and receive any contribution of funds from a […]
Section 14304.
14304. (a) The commission shall develop or review and certify, not later than 12 months after the date when this title may be implemented, as specified in Section 14314, a course or courses of instruction for training local and state peace officers in the detection of violations, and in the apprehension of suspected violators, of state […]
Section 14306.
14306. (a) The secretary shall provide funding to qualified grantees to develop and implement, not later than 12 months after the receipt of funds, a course or courses of instruction for the training of staff of community-based nonprofit organizations, public prosecutors, or staff of community-based nonprofit organizations and public prosecutors in the enforcement of state and […]
Section 14307.
14307. (a) The secretary shall provide funding to qualified grantees to develop and implement, not later than 12 months after the receipt of funds, a course or courses of instruction for the training of staff of community-based nonprofit organizations, or public prosecutors, fire departments, and state and local environmental regulators, or staff of community-based nonprofit organizations, […]
Section 14308.
14308. (a) The secretary may award grants to public and private entities for training public prosecutors, peace officers, firefighters, community-based nonprofit organizations, and state or local environmental regulators in the investigation and enforcement of environmental laws. (b) The secretary may award local assistance grants as follows for the enforcement of environmental laws: (1) To local environmental regulators. (2) To […]
Section 14309.
14309. (a) The Environmental Circuit Prosecutor Grant Program is hereby established within the California Environmental Protection Agency. (b) The Environmental Circuit Prosecutor Grant Program shall have the following purposes: (1) Discourage the commission of violations of environmental laws by demonstrating the effective response of the criminal justice system to these violations, including, but not limited to, assisting district […]
Section 14314.
14314. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the agency shall not implement this title until there is an amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the account. Funds in the account shall be divided as follows: (a) Twenty-five percent or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the commission, whichever is less. The commission may […]
Section 14315.
14315. Not later than 36 months after the date when this title may be implemented, as specified in Section 14314, the secretary shall post on the agency’s Web site, updated no later than July 1, annually, a description of the operation and accomplishments of the training programs and the environmental enforcement and prosecution projects funded […]