Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this article, the board may, out of any surplus funds remaining in the bond fund, the running expense fund or the sewer construction fund, purchase in the open market its outstanding unmatured bonds. No bonds shall be purchas…

(a) As an alternative to the functions of the treasurer, the district board may elect to disburse funds of the district. Such election shall be made by resolution of the board and the filing of a certified copy thereof with the treasurer. The treasurer shall thereupon and thereaf…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

Any person subject to a removal or remedial action order or other order issued pursuant to Section 78660, 78870, or 79055 who does not comply with that order without sufficient cause shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for e…

(a) (1) A responsible party who has entered into an agreement with the department and is in compliance with the terms of that agreement, or who is in compliance with an order issued by the department, may seek, in addition to contribution, treble damages from any contribution def…

(a) Any person who is liable for a release, or threat of a release, of hazardous substances and who fails, without sufficient cause, as determined by the court, to properly provide a removal or remedial action upon either an order of the director, pursuant to Section 78870, or an…

There shall be no recovery of punitive damages under Section 79570 for an injury to or loss of natural resources that occurred wholly before September 25, 1981. This section shall not be construed as precluding the recovery of punitive damages for injury to or loss of natural res…

(a) (1) The department may issue a complaint to any person subject to a penalty pursuant to Sections 78680 and 79550. (2) The complaint shall allege the acts or failures to act that constitute a basis for liability and the amount of the proposed penalty. (3) The complaint shall b…

(a) Any hearing required under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department shall have all powers granted by those provisions. (b) In making a determinati…

All penalties collected under this article and Section 79550 shall be deposited in the state account and shall be available for expenditure by the department upon appropriation by the Legislature.