California Health and Safety Code 18502.5 – (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the …
(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund into which funds collected by the department pursuant to this part and Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 18860) shall be deposited. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation, to the department for expenditure in carrying out the provisions of this part and Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 18860). The department shall by January 1, 2003, establish procedures that permit the identification of revenues received by the fund and expenditures paid out of the fund as they relate to mobilehome parks and special occupancy parks.
(b) Notwithstanding any maximum fees set by this part, the department may, by regulation, set fees charged by the department for all permits and for the department’s activities mandated by this part. The fees shall be set with the primary objective that the aggregate revenue deposited in the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund by or on behalf of mobilehome parks and special occupancy parks shall not, on an annual basis, exceed the costs of the department’s activities mandated by this part, and the aggregate amount deposited into the fund by or on behalf of recreational vehicle parks shall not, on an annual basis, exceed the costs of the department’s activities mandated by Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 18860).
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 18502.5
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Mobilehome: as used in this part shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 18008. See California Health and Safety Code 18211
- Recreational vehicle: as used in this part has the same meaning as defined in Section 18010. See California Health and Safety Code 18215.5
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(c) No proposed increase in fees may be effective any sooner than 45 days after written notification thereof is provided to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the State Auditor. Upon receipt of the notification, the State Auditor may prepare a report to the Legislature that indicates whether the proposed increase is appropriate and consistent with this part.
(d) The total money contained in the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of money needed for the department’s operating expenses for one year for the enforcement of this part and Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 18860). If the total money contained in the fund exceeds this amount, the department shall make appropriate reductions in the schedule of fees authorized by this section, Section 18870.3, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.)