California Public Resources Code

§ 71201

PRC § 71201 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 36 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)This division applies to all vessels, United States and foreign, carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water into the coastal waters of the state after operating outside of the coastal waters of the state, except those vessels described in Section 71202.

(b)This division applies to all ballast water and associated sediments taken on a vessel, and to all biofouling.

(c)This division may be known, and may be cited, as the “Marine Invasive Species Act.”

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 443, Sec. 2. (AB 912) Effective January 1, 2020.