80010. (a) This chapter does not prohibit, and is not intended to prohibit, the department, the regional board, or the Attorney General from pursuing any existing legal, equitable, or administrative remedies, pursuant to federal or state law, against any potentially responsible party.
(b) No liability or obligation is imposed upon the state pursuant to this chapter, and the state shall not incur a liability or obligation beyond the payment of claims pursuant to this chapter, to the extent that money is available and has been allocated by the administrator under subdivision (a) of Section 80050. No legal action may be brought against the Orphan Share Reimbursement Trust Fund in its own name.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257. Conditionally operative pursuant to Sec. 80100.)