California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

  • Section 25395.63.
    The definitions set forth in this article and in Article 6 (commencing with Section 25395.90) shall govern the interpretation of this chapter. If a term...
  • Section 25395.64.
    “Agency” means the department, the board, or a regional board.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January...
  • Section 25395.65.
    “All appropriate inquiries” has the following meanings:(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), until the date when the standards and practices established by the Administrator of...
  • Section 25395.66.
    “Applicable law” means all of the provisions of the following state statutory and common laws that impose liability on an owner or occupant of property...
  • Section 25395.67.
    “Appropriate care” means either of the following:(a) The performance of a response action, with respect to hazardous materials found at a site, for which the agency...
  • Section 25395.68.
    “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January 1, 2027,...
  • Section 25395.69.
    (a) “Bona fide purchaser” means a person, or a tenant of a person, who acquires ownership of a site on or after January 1, 2005, and...
  • Section 25395.70.
    (a) “Contiguous property owner” means a person who owns a site that is adjacent to or otherwise similarly situated with respect to another site that is,...
  • Section 25395.71.
    “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January 1, 2027,...
  • Section 25395.72.
    “Endangerment” means a condition that poses an actual and unreasonable risk to human health and safety arising from actual or threatened exposure to hazardous materials.(Added...
  • Section 25395.73.
    “Fair market value” means the price a seller is willing to accept and a buyer willing to pay on the open market and in an...
  • Section 25395.74.
    “Hazardous material” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 25260.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005....
  • Section 25395.75.
    (a) “Innocent landowner” means a person who owns a site, did not cause or contribute to a release or threatened release at the site, meets the...
  • Section 25395.76.
    “Land use control” means a recorded instrument executed pursuant to Section 1471 of the Civil Code that restricts or imposes obligations on the present or...
  • Section 25395.77.
    “Passive migration” means the leaking, leaching or movement of a hazardous material into or through the environment, for which no human activity by the bona...
  • Section 25395.78.
    “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control board.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January...
  • Section 25395.79.
    “Release” has the same meaning as defined in Section 25320.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January...
  • Section 25395.79.1.
    “Response plan” means a written plan submitted to an agency pursuant to Section 25395.96.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005....
  • Section 25395.79.2.
    (a) “Site” means real property located in an urban infill area for which the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or perceived...

Last modified: October 22, 2018