(a) No person or group shall release, outdoors, balloons made of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air, as part of a public or civic event, promotional activity, or product advertisement.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). Any person who violates this section who has been previously convicted twice of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) This section shall not apply to manned hot air balloons, or to balloons used in governmental or scientific research projects.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 262, Sec. 2. (AB 2450) Effective January 1, 2019.)