(a) Money from the fund may only be expended to cover the costs incurred by the state and local governments and agencies for any of the following:

(1) Responding promptly to, containing, and cleaning up the discharge, if those efforts are any of the following:

Terms Used In California Government Code 8670.50

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(A) Undertaken pursuant to the state and local oil spill contingency plans established under this chapter, and the California oil spill contingency plan established under Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 8574.1) of Chapter 7.

(B) Undertaken consistent with the standardized emergency management system established pursuant to Section 8607.

(C) Undertaken at the direction of the administrator.

(2) Meeting the requirements of Section 8670.61.5 relating to wildlife rehabilitation.

(3) Making the payments authorized by subdivision (k) of Section 8670.48.

(b) In the event of an oil spill, the administrator shall make whatever expenditures are necessary and appropriate from the fund to cover the costs described in subdivision (a), subject to the lien established pursuant to Section 8670.53.2.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 44. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)

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