Planting, Harvesting, or Processing.
Every person who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes marijuana plants, or any part thereof, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be punished as follows:
(a)
Every person under the age of 18 who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes any marijuana plants shall be punished in the same manner provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 11357.
(b)
Every person at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes not more than six living marijuana plants shall be guilty of an infraction and a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
($100).
(c)
Every person 18 years of age or over who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes more than six living marijuana plants shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than six months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(d)
Notwithstanding subdivision (c), a person 18 years of age or over who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes more than six living marijuana plants, or any part thereof, except as otherwise provided by law, may be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code if:
(1)
The person has one or more prior convictions for an offense specified in clause (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 of the Penal Code
or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290 of the Penal Code;
(2)
The person has two or more prior convictions under subdivision (c); or
(3)
The offense resulted in any of the following:
(A)
Violation of Section 1052 of the Water Code relating to illegal diversion of water;
(B)
Violation of Section 13260, 13264, 13272, or 13387 of the Water Code relating to discharge of waste;
(C)
Violation of Fish and Game Code Section 5650 or Section 5652 of the Fish and Game Code relating to waters of the state;
(D)
Violation of Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code relating to rivers, streams and
lakes;
(E)
Violation of Section 374.8 of the Penal Code relating to hazardous substances or Section 25189.5, 25189.6, or 25189.7 of the Health and Safety Code relating to hazardous waste;
(F)
Violation of Section 2080 of the Fish and Game Code relating to endangered and threatened species or Section 3513 of the Fish and Game Code relating to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; or
(G)
Intentionally or with gross negligence causing substantial environmental harm to public lands or other public resources.