(a) Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, a fine of up to the greater of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or three times the amount the person failed to report properly or unlawfully contributed, expended, gave or received may be imposed upon conviction for each violation.

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Terms Used In California Government Code 91000

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17

(c) Prosecution for violation of this title must be commenced within four years after the date on which the violation occurred.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 102, Sec. 73. Approved in Proposition 34 at the November 7, 2000, election. Operative January 1, 2001, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 102.)