Section 21167.10.

(a) Within five business days of the filing of a notice required by subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 21108, or subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 21152 by the lead agency, a person wishing to bring an action or a proceeding pursuant to Section 21167, 21168, or 21168.5 may file with the lead agency and the real party in interest a notice requesting mediation.

(b) Within five business days of the receipt of the notice requesting mediation, a lead agency may respond to the person by accepting the request for mediation and proceed with mediation.

(c) The request for mediation is deemed denied if the lead agency fails to respond within five business days of receiving the request for mediation.

(d) The limitation periods provided pursuant to this chapter shall be tolled until the completion of the mediation conducted pursuant to this section.

(e) This section does not apply in cases where the lead agency has not filed the notice required by subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 21108, or subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 21152.

(f) (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the tolling of the limitation periods provided pursuant to subdivision (d) shall apply if a mediation conducted pursuant to this section is completed on or after January 1, 2016.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 548, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2016, as prescribed by its own provisions.)