SECTIONS 117550-117560 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 117550-117560

117550. For purposes of this article, "solid waste" has the same
meaning as that term is defined in Section 40191 of the Public
Resources Code.

117555. A person who places, deposits, or dumps, or who causes to
be placed, deposited, or dumped, or who causes or allows to overflow,
sewage, sludge, cesspool or septic tank effluent, accumulation of
human excreta, or solid waste, in or upon a street, alley, public
highway, or road in common use or upon a public park or other public
property other than property designated or set aside for that purpose
by the governing board or body having charge of the property, or
upon private property without the owner's consent, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
This section does not apply to the placing, depositing, or dumping
of solid waste upon private property by the owner, or a person
authorized by the owner, of the private property, except that the
placing, depositing, or dumping of the solid waste shall not create a
public health and safety hazard, nuisance, or a fire hazard, as
determined by a local enforcement agency, as defined in Section 40130
of the Public Resources Code, local health department, local fire
department or fire district, or the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection.

117560. A state fish and game warden, police officer of a city,
sheriff, deputy of a sheriff, person described in subdivision (j) of
Section 830.7 of the Penal Code, and any other peace officer of the
State of California, within his or her respective jurisdiction, shall
enforce this article.