California Public Resources Code

§ 2691

PRC § 2691Div. 2 · Ch. 7.8

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The effects of strong ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, or other ground failure account for approximately 95 percent of economic losses caused by an earthquake.

(b)Areas subject to these processes during an earthquake have not been identified or mapped statewide, despite the fact that scientific techniques are available to do so.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 550, Sec. 3.