Section 25173.5 Of Article 7. Treatment, Recycling, And Disposal Technology From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 7.
25173.5
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the legislative
body of a city or county may impose and enforce a tax, for general
purposes, or may impose a user fee on the operation of an offsite,
multiuser hazardous waste facility located within the jurisdiction of
the city or county. The tax or the user fee imposed shall not exceed
10 percent of the facility's annual gross receipts for the
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste at the facility.
If a city or county imposes a tax pursuant to this section, the
city or county may use the revenues collected from the tax to fund
those activities reasonably necessary for the city or county to carry
out its duties related to the operation of the hazardous waste
facility upon which the tax is imposed and for support of the city's
or county's fire and emergency response capabilities and emergency
medical services, to the extent the city or county determines that
this funding should be given priority.
(b) A city or county shall not impose a tax or a user fee adopted
pursuant to subdivision (a) upon any of the following:
(1) An existing hazardous waste facility for which a tax is
authorized pursuant to Section 25149.5.
(2) That portion of the gross receipts of the hazardous waste
facility that derives from the recycling of hazardous wastes or the
treatment of medical wastes or wastes which meets the definition of
medical wastes.
(c) A state agency shall not include the expenditure of revenues
received by a city or county pursuant to this section in calculating
the level of financial support that a city or county is required to
maintain under any other provision of law, including, but not limited
to, Section 77204 of the Government Code and Section 16990 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code. However, this subdivision does not
apply to subdivision (c) of Section 2105 of the Streets and Highways
Code.