(a) This article does not do any of the following:

(1) Affect a duty or other requirement otherwise imposed under federal or state law.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 25214.1.5

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(2) Alter or diminish a legal obligation otherwise required in common law, by statute, or by regulation.

(3) Create or enlarge a defense to an action to enforce a legal obligation otherwise required in common law, by statute, or by regulation.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the addition of this section during the 2007-08 Regular Session of the Legislature is declaratory of existing law.

(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 575, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2009.)

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