(a) In determining the amount of administrative civil liability, the commission shall take into consideration the nature, circumstance, extent, and gravity of the violation or violations, whether the violation is susceptible to removal or resolution, the cost to the state in pursuing the enforcement action, and with respect to the violator, the ability to pay, the effect on ability to continue in business, any voluntary removal or resolution efforts undertaken, any prior history of violations, the degree of culpability, economic savings, if any, resulting from the violation, and such other matters as justice may require.
(b) Any moneys recovered by the commission pursuant to Section 66641.6 shall be deposited in the fund established and administered pursuant to Section 66647.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 519, Sec. 11.)