(a) (1) The commissioner shall collect from employers a registration fee for each branch location, and, except as provided in paragraph (2), may periodically adjust the registration fee, in an amount sufficient to fund all direct and indirect costs to administer and enforce this part.
(2) The fee established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be increased unless the published fund balance is projected to fall below 25 percent of annual expenditures.
(b) In addition to the fee in subdivision (a), each employer shall be assessed an annual fee in an amount equivalent to 20 percent of the registration fee collected pursuant to subdivision (a) for each branch location that shall be deposited in the Car Wash Worker Restitution Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 185. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)