Fire damages: civil actions: pecuniary damages and ecological and environmental damages.
This bill failed and is no longer moving.
- Stage
- Failed
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Feb 3, 2020
What it does
Existing law provides that, in a civil action by a public agency to recover damages caused by a fire, pecuniary damages must be quantifiable and not unreasonable in relation to the prefire fair market value of the property, taking into consideration the ecological and environmental value of the property to the public. Existing law additionally authorizes a public agency to recover ecological and environmental damages caused by the fire, as provided.
Where it stands
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Sponsors
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Where it goes next
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