The department shall maintain an Indemnity Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, for the purpose of indemnifying eligible purchasers, for any of the following:
(a) The cost of repairing structural damage in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) caused by flood, including floods by surface water, waves, tidal water, tidal wave, overflow of streams or other bodies of water, spray from any of the foregoing, whether wind driven or not, and water that backs up through sewers or drains.
(b) The cost of repairing structural damage in excess of 5 percent of the total covered loss or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater, caused by earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, or mudslide.
(c) Money accruing to the Indemnity Fund is hereby appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Effective December 1, 1998.)