Section 15105 Of Chapter 2. Aquaculture Development Section From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13001 or 13002, all moneys
collected by the department pursuant to this division shall be
deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and shall be
expended solely on the department's aquaculture program pursuant to
this division.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13220, these moneys are available for
appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act for
purposes of this division.
(c) The department shall maintain internal accountability
necessary to ensure that all restrictions on the expenditure of these
funds are met and shall provide an accounting of the aquaculture
program account balance and expenditures upon request of the
Aquaculture Development Committee or the Joint Committee on Fisheries
and Aquaculture.
(d) Revenues pursuant to this chapter may be used only to pay the
costs incurred in the administration and enforcement of the
department's aquaculture program.
(e) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature on
or before February 1, 2017, a report regarding the aquaculture
program undertaken using revenues derived pursuant to that program,
the benefits derived, and its recommendations for revising the
aquaculture program requirement, if any.
(f) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (e) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (e) is inoperative on February 1, 2021, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.