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DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS 24000-26250›CHAPTER 6.10. Hazardous Material Release Cleanup 25403-25403.8

§ 25403.6

California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Except as provided in Section 25403.4, notwithstanding any other state law or policy, a local agency that undertakes and completes a cleanup, or otherwise causes a cleanup to be undertaken and completed pursuant to this chapter shall not be liable based on its ownership of property after a release occurred, for any costs that any responsible party for that release incurs to investigate or clean up the release or to compensate others for the effects of that release.

(b) Except as provided in Section 25403. 2, this article does not limit the powers of the state board or a regional board to enforce Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 588, Sec. 1. (AB 440) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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