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2009 California Health and Safety Code - Section 25300-25301 :: Article 1. Short Title And Legislative Intent
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODESECTION 25300-25301
25300. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act. 25301. It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Establish a program to provide for response authority for releases of hazardous substances, including spills and hazardous waste disposal sites that pose a threat to the public health or the environment. (b) Compensate persons, under certain circumstances, for out-of-pocket medical expenses and lost wages or business income resulting from injuries proximately caused by exposure to releases of hazardous substances. (c) Make available adequate funds in order to permit the State of California to assure payment of its 10-percent share of the costs mandated pursuant to Section 104(c)(3) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9604(c)(3)).
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