California Health and Safety Code

§ 13009.6

HSC § 13009.6 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 12 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Those expenses of an emergency response necessary to protect the public from a real and imminent threat to health and safety by a public agency to confine, prevent, or mitigate the release, escape, or burning of hazardous substances described in subdivision (c) are a charge against any person whose negligence causes the incident, if either of the following occurs:

(A)Evacuation from the building, structure, property, or public right-of-way where the incident originates is necessary to prevent loss of life or injury.

(B)The incident results in the spread of hazardous substances or fire posing a real and imminent threat to public health and safety beyond the building, structure, property, or public right-of-way where the incident originates.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 31. (AB 2327) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 130 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 258.