{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-25541.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 25541.5","heading":"","body":"If civil penalties are recovered pursuant to Section 25540 or 25540.5, the same offense shall not be the subject of a criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 25541 or 25541.3. When a unified program agency refers a violation to a prosecuting agency and a criminal complaint is filed, any civil action brought pursuant to this article for that offense shall be dismissed.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]","CHAPTER 6.95. Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory [25500. - 25547.8.]","ARTICLE 2. Hazardous Materials Management [25531. - 25543.3.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"64300056b1406f282cca10dc67c3dee28239e7de7fdead909798b5688f0bef15","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-25541.3","next":"us-ca/hsc-25542"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}