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AB 1465 Assembly Bill-AMENDED • http://www.leginfo.c .gov/pub/bill/�ab...00/ab_1465_bill_20010404_amended_a Ibnl acceptable costs established by the board. (3) Any claimant who submits a claim for payment to the board for remediation construction contracting work shall submit multiple bids, as required in the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 25299.77. (4) Paragraphs (1) , (2) , and (3) do not apply to a tank owned or operated by a public agency if the prospective costs are for private professional services within the meaning of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code and those services are procured in accordance with the requirements of that chapter. (h) The board shall provide, upon the request of a claimant, assistance to the claimant in the selection of contractors retained by the claimant to conduct reimbursable work related to corrective actions. The board shall develop a summary of expected costs for common remedial actions. This summary of expected costs may be used by claimants as a guide in the selection and supervision of consultants and contractors. (i) The board shall pay, within 60 days from the date of receipt of an invoice of expenditures, all costs specified in the work plan developed pursuant to Section 25299.37, and all costs which are otherwise necessary to comply with an order issued by a local, state, or federal agency. (j) (1) The board shall pay a claim of not more than three thousand dollars ($3, 000) per occurrence for regulatory technical assistance to an owner or operator who is otherwise eligible for reimbursement under this chapter. (2) For the purposes of this subdivision, regulatory technical assistance is limited to assistance from a person, other than the claimant, in the preparation and submission of a claim to the fund. Regulatory technical assistance does not include assistance in connection with proceedings under Section 25299.39.2 or 25299.56 or any action in court. (k) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the board shall pay a claim for the costs of corrective action to a person who owns property on which is located a release from a petroleum underground storage tank which has been the subject of a completed corrective action and for which additional corrective action is required because of additionally discovered contamination from the previous release, only if the person who carried out the earlier and completed corrective action was eligible for, and applied for, reimbursement pursuant to subdivision (b) , and only to the extent that the amount of reimbursement for the earlier corrective action did not exceed the amount of reimbursement authorized by subdivision (a) . Reimbursement to a claimant on a reopened site shall occur when funds are available, and reimbursement commitment shall be made ahead of any new letters of commitment to be issued, as of the date of the reopening of the claim, if funding has occurred on the original claim, in which case funding shall occur at the time it would have occurred under the original claim. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, a corrective action is completed when the local agency or regional board with jurisdiction over the site or the board issues a closure letter pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 25299.37. SEC. 8. Section 25299.58 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 25299.58. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) , if the board makes the determination specified in subdivision (b) , the board may only reimburse those costs which are related to the compensation of third parties for bodily injury and property damages and which exceed the level of financial responsibility required to be obtained 12 of 15 4/24/013:49 PM