State agencies designated to implement the contingency plan shall account for all state expenditures made under the plan with respect to each oil spill. Expenditures accounted for under this section from an oil spill in waters of the state shall be paid from the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund created pursuant to Section 8670.46. All other expenditures accounted for under this section shall be paid from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account in the State Water Quality Control Fund provided for in Article 3 (commencing with Section 13440) of Chapter 6 of Division 7 of the Water Code. If the party responsible for the spill is identified, that party shall be liable for the expenditures accounted for under this section, in addition to any other liability that may be provided for by law, in an action brought by the Attorney General. The proceeds from any action for a spill in marine waters shall be paid into the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 2. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)
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