{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-653.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 653.1","heading":"","body":"(a) No person or group shall release, outdoors, balloons made of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air, as part of a public or civic event, promotional activity, or product advertisement.\n(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). Any person who violates this section who has been previously convicted twice of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(c) This section shall not apply to manned hot air balloons, or to balloons used in governmental or scientific research projects.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES [626. - 653.75.]","CHAPTER 2. Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses [639. - 653.2.]"],"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":"64fd7159729b3234b2424b7f9e6c57a1e989ec52e1a42a94d0a01bcb4ca08f98","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-653aa","next":"us-ca/pen-653.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}