HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 8785
8785. Any person, partnership, or corporation administering,
managing, or having responsibility for endowment care or special care
funds who violates the provisions of this chapter relating to the
collection, investment, or use of those funds shall be punished
either by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding
six months or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or
by both such imprisonment and fine, or by imprisonment pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, or
two or three years. If the violator is a cemetery licensee or the
holder of a certificate of authority, he, she, or it shall be subject
to disciplinary action as provided in Article 6 (commencing with
Section 9725) of Chapter 19 of Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code.
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