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Health & Saf. Code, § 79800 · Article 6. Liability of Residential Property Owner

Health & Saf. Code, § 79800

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

In an action brought against an owner of property to recover costs or expenditures incurred from the state account pursuant to this part in response to a hazardous substance release, the presumption established in Section 79790 may be rebutted if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the facts upon which the department made the certification pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 79795 are true.

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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