Health and Safety Code section 116595
(a)
A public water system under the jurisdiction of a local primacy agency shall reimburse the local primacy agency for any enforcement cost incurred by the local primacy agency related to any of the following relating to that water system:(1)
Preparing, issuing, and monitoring compliance with, an order or a citation.(2)
Preparing and issuing public notification.(3)
Conducting a hearing pursuant to Section 116625.(c)
Payment of the invoice shall be made within 90 days of the date of the invoice. Failure to pay the invoice within 90 days shall result in a 10-percent late penalty that shall be paid in addition to the invoiced amount.(d)
The local primacy agency may, in its sole discretion, waive payment by a public water system of all or any part of the invoice or the penalty.
Source:
Section 116595, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=116595.
(accessed Apr. 24, 2025).