(a) Any cremated remains disposer who stores cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:
(1) Loss of all or part of the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(2) Inability to individually identify the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 21) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 22. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)