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a) The Legislature finds and declares that environmental crimes are public welfare offenses resulting from violations of statutes designed to safeguard against threats or injury to the health and safety of the public and California’s environment and precious natural resources. (

b) Notwithstanding

Section 1203.1 or 1203a, if an entity is granted probation upon conviction of an environmental crime, the term of probation shall not exceed five years, which may include a period of

summary probation as appropriate. For purposes of this section, environmental crimes means violations of any crimes in the following sections:

(1) Division 9 (commencing with

Section 12000) and

Section of the Fish and Game Code.

(2) Section of the Food and Agricultural Code.

(3) Sections and of the Harbors and Navigation Code.

(4) Part 14 (commencing with

Section 117600) of Division of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) Article 3 (commencing with

Section 42400) of

Chapter of Part of Division of the Health and Safety Code.

(6) Chapters 6.5 (commencing with

Section 25100),

Chapter 6.67 (commencing with

Section 25270),

Chapter 6.7 (commencing with

Section 25280), and

Chapter 6.95 (commencing with

Section 25500) of Division of the Health and Safety Code.

(7) Chapter 7.4 (commencing with

Section 8670.1) of Division of Title of the Government Code.

(8) Sections 374.2, 374.3, 374.5, 374.7, 374.8, 597, 653o, 653p, and 653q of the Penal Code.

(9) Section and subdivision (

b) of

Section of the Vehicle Code.

(10) Section of the Water Code. (

c) For purposes of subdivision (b), an entity means a trust, firm, partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity with more than employees.