(a) No person may participate in any program that has not been licensed by the department pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The department shall charge reasonable fees for licensing driving-under-the-influence programs. The department shall set the fees in an amount sufficient to cover all administrative costs incurred by the department and to reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for the costs of the evaluation and report required by Section 9 of Senate Bill 1344 of the 1989–90 Regular Session.
(c) The department may fine a provider who is delinquent in the payment of licensing fees. The department shall deposit fines collected from delinquent providers in the Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Licensing Trust Fund, and the revenues from the fines shall be used, upon appropriation, to offset costs incurred by the department in the administration of the program and to reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for the costs of the evaluation and report required by Section 9 of Senate Bill 1344 of the 1989–90 Regular Session.
(d) If a program fails to pay licensing fees or assessed fines, the department may deny an initial license or revoke an existing license.
(e) There is established in the State Treasury a Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Licensing Trust Fund. All fees, fines, and penalties collected from driving-under-the-influence programs shall be deposited in this fund. The money in the fund shall be available when appropriated by the Legislature.
(f) The department shall prepare a report on the assets, liabilities, and balance in the Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Licensing Trust Fund when the department increases program licensing fees. The report shall also include an itemized statement of income and expenses for the trust fund since the last report. The department shall submit the report to the Legislature and shall furnish a copy of the report, upon request, to any provider of a driving-under-the-influence program.
(g) Licensing fees shall be evaluated annually and based on the department’s projected costs for the forthcoming fiscal year. Any excess fees remaining in the Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Licensing Trust Fund at the close of the fiscal year shall be carried forward and taken into consideration in establishment of fees for the subsequent fiscal year. If the department proposes to increase the licensing fees, the department shall justify the increase to the Legislature by showing that sufficient assets are not currently available in the Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Licensing Trust Fund and that current licensing fee collections are not sufficient to support current or planned expenses of the department for driving-under-the-influence program licensing activities.
(h) Licensing fee collection procedures, which include the assessment of fines for delinquent fee payments, shall be defined in regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1244, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1994.)