Section 25269.9 Of Chapter 6.66. Oversight Costs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.66.
25269.9
. (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
(1) The department should prioritize its cost recovery efforts to
make the most efficient use of its resources available for that
activity.
(2) Consistent with a determination by the department, it is not
cost effective or practicable for the department to seek recovery of
an uncollectible account, as defined in subdivision (b).
(b) For purposes of this section, "uncollectible account" means
response action, corrective action, or oversight costs, including
accrued interest, incurred by the department that meet all of the
following conditions:
(1) The response action, corrective action, or oversight costs
were incurred by the department on or after July 1, 1987, but not
later than December 31, 2013, while overseeing or carrying out a
response or corrective action pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing
with Section 25100) or Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 25300).
(2) The response action, corrective action, or oversight costs are
not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(3) The department will not incur further response action,
corrective action, or oversight costs related to the site for which
the costs were incurred.
(c) The department is not required to pursue an uncollectible
account and may write off or write down that uncollectible account
pursuant to Section 25269.8.
(d) The requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13940)
of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not
apply to any action taken by the department pursuant to subdivision
(c).
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.