If the state loans money from the General Fund to the Toxic Substances Control Account for the cleanup of lead contamination in the state, the following shall apply:
(a) Money from the Lead-Acid Battery Cleanup Fund may be used towards repaying the loan that was made before September 26, 2016, or any other loan of public funds made for the purposes set forth in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 25215.5.
(b) Any moneys designated as repayment of the loan shall be deposited to that loan, but shall be available to be loaned to the Toxic Substances Control Account for the purposes of cleaning up areas of the state that are reasonably suspected to have been contaminated by the operation of a lead-acid battery recycling facility.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 276, Sec. 4. (AB 2104) Effective January 1, 2021.)