(a) This article does not prohibit, and is not intended to prohibit, the department, the regional board, or the Attorney General from pursuing any existing legal, equitable, or administrative remedies, pursuant to federal or state law, against any potentially responsible party.
(b) No liability or obligation is imposed upon the state pursuant to this article, and the state shall not incur a liability or obligation beyond the payment of claims pursuant to this article, to the extent that money is available and has been allocated by the administrator under subdivision (c) of Section 25390.4. No legal action may be brought against the Orphan Share Reimbursement Trust Fund in its own name.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective May 26, 1999. See operational conditions in Section 25390.9.)