Health and Safety Code section 78020

(a)

A judicial decision interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this part that restates and continues that previously existing provision.

(b)

However, in enacting the Hazardous Substance Account Recodification Act, the Legislature has not evaluated the correctness of any judicial decision interpreting a provision affected by the act.

(c)

The Hazardous Substance Account Recodification Act is not intended to, and does not, reflect any assessment of any judicial decision interpreting any provision affected by the act.

Source: Section 78020, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=78020.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2023; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).

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