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1 thereby disabling the Board from collecting any tax from that <br /> 2 entity. <br /> 3 All of the violations alleged in the complaint in this <br /> 4 case, and thereafter settled by the stipulated Judgment, are <br /> 5 based on provisions of Chapter 6 . 5 of Division 20 of the H&S <br /> 6 Code, i . e. , the Hazardous Waste Control Law, and the related <br /> 7 regulations . By virtue of DTSC' s statutorily vested authority to <br /> 8 enforce the Hazardous Waste Control Law, DTSC was singularly <br /> 9 responsible for enforcing the particular provisions alleged to <br /> 1.0 have been violated. The Board' s attempt to invalidate the <br /> 11 Judgment, therefore, constitutes an unlawful interference with <br /> 12 DTSC' s exclusive authority. <br /> 13 B. The DA was authorized by DTSC to bring <br /> this action under the Health and Safety <br /> 14 Code, and properly represented the State <br /> in this prosecution of alleged public <br /> 15 offenses . <br /> 16 The sovereignty of the State resides in the People, and <br /> 17 all prosecutions are to be conducted in their name . Govt . Code <br /> 18 § 100 . Prosecutions of public offenses are conducted on behalf <br /> 19 of the People by the district attorney. Govt . Code § 26500 . The <br /> 20 district attorney is both an officer of the State and of the <br /> 21 County. In conducting prosecutions of violations of State law, <br /> 22 the district attorney acts as an agent of the State . People v. <br /> 23 Hv-Lond Enterprises Inc . , 93 Cal . App. 3d 734 , 751 (1979) . <br /> 24 In order to bring an action for civil penalties, the <br /> 25 district attorney must be authorized to do so. Id. Once <br /> 26 authorized, the district attorney may take actions which have the <br /> 27 effect of restraining the powers of other public officials and <br /> 28 agencies . Id . at 752 . Thus, parties dealing with the State can <br /> 7 <br />