California Health and Safety Code 79810 – For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the …
For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning:
(a) “Easement” means a conservation easement, as defined in § 815.1 of the Civil Code.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 79810
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) “Environmental assessment” means an investigation of real property, conducted by an independent qualified environmental consultant, to discover the presence or likely presence of a release or a threat of a release of a hazardous substance at, on, to, or from the real property. An environmental assessment shall include, but is not limited to, an investigation of the historical use of the real property, any prior releases, records, consultant reports and regulatory agency correspondence, a visual survey of the real property, and, if warranted, sampling and analytical testing.
(c) “Owner” means either of the following:
(1) An independent special district, as defined in § 56044 of the Government Code.
(2) An entity or organization that holds an easement.
(d) “Property” means either of the following:
(1) Real property acquired by a special district by means of a gift or donation for which an environmental assessment was completed prior to the transfer or conveyance of the real property to the special district.
(2) An easement for which an environmental assessment was completed prior to the transfer or conveyance of the easement to an entity or organization authorized to accept the easement pursuant to § 815.3 of the Civil Code.
(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.)