Section 41998 Of Article 9.1. Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 9.1.
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. (a) (1) The state board shall impose a three dollar ($3.00)
per gallon fee on every manufacturer of percholorethylene in the
state and on every person that imports perchloroethylene into the
state for use in dry cleaning.
(2) The amount of the fee imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
increase by one dollar ($1.00) per gallon on January 1, 2005, and
shall increase by one dollar ($1.00) each subsequent year, until
January 1, 2013, inclusive.
(b) Moneys generated by the fee imposed pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be deposited in the Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Trust
Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury.
(c) Moneys deposited in the Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Trust
Fund are available for expenditure by the state board, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to fund the grant program described
in Section 41999 and to fund the demonstration project described in
subdivision (f) of Section 41999. The state board shall allocate,
from the moneys derived from the imposition of the fee pursuant to
this section, moneys that it determines are sufficient to fund the
demonstration project described in subdivision (f) of Section 41999,
and shall utilize the remaining moneys to fund the grant program.
(d) Not more than 5 percent of the moneys in the fund, calculated
annually, may be utilized by the state board to administer the grant
and demonstration programs.
(e) The state board shall expend moneys from the fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, sufficient to repay any General
Fund moneys expended to implement the requirements of this article.