Section 24358 Of Article 3. Financial Responsibility From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 9. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
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. Such security shall be available for the following purposes:
(a) Payment of a final judgment or judgments in any amount for
bodily injury or in excess of four hundred dollars ($400) for
property damage, rendered against the owner or operator on whose
behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising out of the accident
in an action at law, begun not later than one year after the date of
such accident.
(b) Payment of any settlement agreement covering any claim arising
out of the accident.
(c) Payment of any final judgment rendered as a result of default
under any duly acknowledged settlement agreement.
Every distribution of funds from the security deposit shall be
subject to the limits of the department's evaluation on behalf of a
claimant but not in excess of the maximum amounts provided in this
part for bodily injury and for property damage.