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Health & Saf. Code, § 38506 · Chapter 3. Definitions

Health & Saf. Code, § 38506

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Source of truth

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As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=38506.
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