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DIVISION 45. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE 78000-81050›PART 2. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ACCOUNT 78000-81050›CHAPTER 3. General Powers and Duties 78400-78620›ARTICLE 10. Contracting 78590-78620

§ 78590

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

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Firm” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the profession of engineering, architecture, environmental, landscape architecture, construction project management, or land surveying.

(b) “Prequalified list” means a short list of professional service firms that possess the qualifications established by the department to perform a specific type of professional service, with each firm ranked in order of its qualifications and costs, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 78600.

(c) “Professional service” includes a professional service of an engineering, architectural, environmental, landscape architectural, construction project management, land surveying, or similar nature, as well as an incidental service that members of these professions and those in their employ may logically or justifiably perform.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

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