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Health and Safety Code - HSC

DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000 - 26275]

  ( Division 20 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )
  

CHAPTER 6.95. Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory [25500 - 25547.8]

  ( Chapter 6.95 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1167, Sec. 1. )
  

ARTICLE 1. Business and Area Plans [25500 - 25519]
  ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 419, Sec. 3. )

  
25515.  

(a) A business that violates Sections 25504 to 25508.2, inclusive, or Section 25511, shall be civilly liable to the unified program agency in an amount of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. If the violation results in, or significantly contributes to, an emergency, including a fire, the business shall also be assessed the full cost of the county or city emergency response, as well as the cost of cleaning up and disposing of the hazardous materials.

(b) A business that knowingly violates Sections 25504 to 25508.2, inclusive, or Section 25510.1, after reasonable notice of the violation shall be civilly liable to the unified program agency in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 419, Sec. 3. (SB 483) Effective January 1, 2014.)