44154. (a) (1) The state board shall assess a compliance fee, not to exceed thirty dollars ($30), to fund the reasonable costs of implementing the program. A fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be limited exclusively to covering the costs of the program and shall be structured to ensure the equitable distribution of any costs among feepayers.
(2) The compliance fee and the maximum amount allowable shall be adjusted annually based on the California Consumer Price Index as compiled and reported by the Department of Labor Relations.
(b) All fees collected by the state board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Truck Emission Check (TEC) Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. All moneys in the fund shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature to the state board for the regulatory purposes of the program.
(c) All penalty moneys collected by the state board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 298, Sec. 2. (SB 210) Effective January 1, 2020.)