California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 11 - Product Stewardship
Article 2 - Architectural Paint Recovery Program
Section 18958 - Service Payments to Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery

(a) The department director, or his/her delegated authority, shall approve the annual administrative fee described in Public Resources Code Section 48704, subdivision (e) for the full administration and enforcement costs at a public meeting that will occur no later than September 30, commencing in 2012. The fee shall reflect the department's actual costs to administer and enforce this chapter for the period from July 1 of the prior year through June 30 of the current year. The department's costs shall include the cost of staff, overhead expenses applicable to staff, contract services, and any other expenses incurred in administering or enforcing the program and in developing this regulation and the program. For payments due in 2012, the fee shall also reflect the department's actual costs incurred in developing this regulation and the program for the period from October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. The department will provide unofficial staff estimates upon request prior to the public meeting notification to assist a manufacturer or stewardship organization with program budgetary planning, however, actual costs will not be known until that public meeting.

(b) The department fee shall be prorated, if there is more than one stewardship plan, by the number of approved or conditionally-approved plans.

(c) The department shall issue invoices to each manufacturer or stewardship organization to which this section applies by September 30 each year. Payment is due annually on October 31.