7086.1. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Program” means the Solar Energy System Restitution Program established pursuant to this article.
(b) “Consumer” means any of the following:
(1) A natural person who owns a single-family residence in this state and who contracted with a licensed or unlicensed contractor on or after January 1, 2016, for the installation of a solar energy system on that residence.
(2) A tenant or leaseholder of a single-family residence in this state owned by a natural person who contracted with a licensed or unlicensed contractor on or after January 1, 2016, for the installation of a solar energy system on the owner’s residence.
(3) A natural person who purchases a single-family residence from a prior owner of the residence who contracted with a licensed or unlicensed contractor on or after January 1, 2016, for the installation of the solar energy system.
(c) “Solar energy system” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (g) of Section 7169.
(d) “Financial loss or injury” means an economic loss or expense suffered by a consumer resulting from fraud, misrepresentation, or another unlawful act committed by a residential solar energy system contractor that has not been and will not be fully reimbursed from any other source.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 1. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021. Repealed as of June 30, 2024, pursuant to Section 7086.11.)