§ 25215.59

If the state loans money from the General Fund to the Toxic Substances Control Account for the cleanup of lead contamination in the state, the following shall apply:

(a) Money from the Lead-Acid Battery Cleanup Fund may be used towards repaying the loan that was made before the effective date of the act that added this section, or any other loan of public funds made for the purposes set forth in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 25215.5.

(b) Any moneys designated as repayment of the loan shall be deposited to that loan, but shall be available to be loaned to the Toxic Substances Control Account for the purposes of cleaning up areas of the state that are reasonably suspected to have been contaminated by the operation of a lead-acid battery recycling facility.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 666, Sec. 1. (AB 2153) Effective September 26, 2016. Section operative January 1, 2017, pursuant to Section 25215.75.)