Health & Saf. Code, § 79765 · Article 5. Scope of Liability
Health & Saf. Code, § 79765
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notwithstanding this part, a response action contractor who is found liable for any costs recoverable under this part and who establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that only a portion of those costs are attributable to the response action contractor’s actions shall be required to pay only that portion of the costs attributable to the response action contractor’s actions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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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