California Civil Code

§ 2782.6

CIV § 2782.6 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 3 · Title 12 · Part 4

Statute text

(a)Nothing in subdivision (a) of Section 2782 prevents an agreement to indemnify a professional engineer or geologist or the agents, servants, independent contractors, subsidiaries, or employees of that engineer or geologist from liability as described in Section 2782 in providing hazardous materials identification, evaluation, preliminary assessment, design, remediation services, or other services of the types described in Sections 78125 and 78135 of the Health and Safety Code or the federal National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (40 C.F.R. Sec. 300.1 et seq.), if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1)The services in whole or in part address subterranean contamination or other concealed conditions caused by the hazardous materials.

(2)The promisor is responsible, or potentially responsible, for all or part of the contamination.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 6. (AB 2327) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 130 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 258.