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DIVISION 25.5. CALIFORNIA GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2006 38500-38599.11›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 38500-38510›CHAPTER 3. Definitions 38505-38506

§ 38506

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

For purposes of this division, “social costs” means an estimate of the economic damages, including, but not limited to, changes in net agricultural productivity; impacts to public health; climate adaptation impacts, such as property damages from increased flood risk; and changes in energy system costs, per metric ton of greenhouse gas emission per year.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 250, Sec. 3. (AB 197) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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