(a) The department may approve all, or part of, a loan request pursuant to Section 25395.23, except the maximum amount of a loan approved pursuant to Section 25395.23 shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
(b) The department shall not approve a loan pursuant to Section 25395.23 if the total debt against the eligible property subject to the release or threatened release of a hazardous material on which the response action will be taken exceeds 80 percent of the estimated value of the property after all necessary response actions are complete.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 912, Sec. 23. Effective September 29, 2000.)