(a) The Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
(b) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any public agency, person, business entity, or organization to achieve the purposes of this chapter. The department shall deposit any funds so received in the account. The funds received shall supplement existing resources for department administration and permitting of projects and programs included in this chapter.
(c) The department shall assess an application fee for a project submitted to the department pursuant to Section 1652 or 1653 consistent with the fees adopted by the department pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1600), but the application fee shall not exceed the reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the department relating to the project.
(d) Moneys in the account shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of administering and implementing this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 604, Sec. 2. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 1657.)