Section 129785 Of Article 3. General Requirements And Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 107. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
129785
. (a) (1) The office shall determine an application filing
fee that will cover the costs of administering this chapter. For a
hospital facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of
Section 1250, the fee shall not exceed 2 percent of a project's
estimated construction cost. For a skilled nursing or intermediate
care facility, as defined in subdivision (c), (d), (e), or (g) of
Section 1250, the fee shall not exceed 1.5 percent of a project's
estimated construction cost. Application filing fees shall be
established in accordance with applicable procedures established in
Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the minimum application filing
fee in any case shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(b) The office shall issue an annual permit upon submission of an
application, pursuant to Section 129765, for one or more projects of
a hospital facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of
Section 1250, if the total estimated construction cost is fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) or less per fiscal year. The fee for the
annual permit shall be five hundred dollars ($500) and shall be in
lieu of an application filing fee. The annual permit shall cover all
projects undertaken for a particular hospital facility up to a total
estimated construction cost of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
during the state fiscal year in which the annual permit is issued. If
a hospital facility chooses not to apply for an annual permit to
cover a project or projects costing fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
or less in total, the hospital facility may instead submit the
project or projects for review and approval as otherwise specified in
this chapter, including paying the application filing fee determined
under subdivision (a).
(c) The office shall issue an annual permit upon submission of an
application, pursuant to Section 129765, for one or more projects of
a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, as defined in
subdivision (c), (d), (e), or (g) of Section 1250, if the total
estimated construction cost is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
or less per fiscal year. The fee for the annual permit shall be two
hundred fifty dollars ($250) and shall be in lieu of an application
filing fee. The annual permit shall cover all projects undertaken for
a particular skilled nursing or intermediate care facility up to a
total estimated construction cost of twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) during the state fiscal year in which the annual permit is
issued. If a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility chooses
not to apply for an annual permit to cover a project or projects
costing twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less in total, the
skilled nursing or intermediate care facility may instead submit the
project or projects for review and approval as otherwise specified in
this chapter, including paying the application filing fee determined
under subdivision (a).
(d) If the actual construction cost exceeds the estimated
construction cost by more than 5 percent, a further fee shall be paid
to the office, based on the above schedule and computed on the
amount that the actual cost exceeds the amount of the estimated cost.
If the estimated construction cost exceeds the actual construction
cost by more than 5 percent, the office shall refund the excess
portion of any paid fees, based on the above schedule and computed on
the amount that the estimated cost exceeds the amount of the actual
cost. A refund is not required if the applicant did not complete
construction or alteration of 75 percent of the square footage
included in the project, as contained in the approved drawings and
specifications for the project. In addition, the office shall adopt
regulations specifying other circumstances when the office shall
refund to an applicant all or part of any paid fees for projects
submitted under this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not
be limited to, refunds of paid fees for a project that is determined
by the office to be exempt or otherwise not reviewable under this
chapter, and for a project that is withdrawn by the applicant prior
to the commencement of review by the office of the drawing and
specifications submitted for the project. All refunds pursuant to
this section shall be paid from the Hospital Building Account in the
Architecture Public Building Fund, as established pursuant to Section
129795.