Section 4773.5 Of Article 6.5. Refusal Of Registration For Nonpayment Of Toll Evasion Penalties From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.5.
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. (a) The department shall require the entire cost of
initially implementing this article to be reimbursed by the issuing
agencies that are private entities and by the local authorities
described in Section 40250, on whose behalf toll processing
procedures are carried out pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with
Section 40250) of Chapter 1 of Division 17. For purposes of this
section, the cost to the department of initially implementing this
article includes all of the one-time costs that are incurred by the
department in order to implement this article, but does not include
ongoing administrative costs associated with this article. The
issuing agencies and the local authorities shall each be required to
reimburse the department for 50 percent of the reimbursable costs.
(b) (1) The amount collected pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
the actual cost.
(2) The amount of the reimbursement required by subdivision (a)
for each issuing agency and local authority shall be determined by
the department in as equitable a manner as possible. In the event of
a dispute of the reimbursement required by subdivision (a), an
issuing agency may request an audit of applicable costs by a
certified public accountant or public accountant. The cost of the
audit shall be borne by the issuing agency requesting the audit. The
result of the audit shall determine the actual costs.
(c) The processing agency shall access the department's data base
via "on-line" techniques or other methods as the department and the
processing agency may agree.