§ 16023 Violating Chapter Penalties

• •If you break the rules in this part of the law on purpose, you can get in trouble.
• •Breaking these rules is called a misdemeanor, which is a type of crime.
• •You can be punished if you knowingly do something this law says not to do.

You know you're not supposed to dump old paint in the river, but you do it anyway because you don't want to pay to throw it away the right way.

Since you knew it was wrong and did it anyway, you broke the law on purpose. This means you could be charged with a misdemeanor.