(a) Except as required to comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), fees assessed on stationary sources in the south coast district pursuant to Sections 40500 and 40510 shall not exceed, for any fiscal year, the actual costs of district programs pursuant to this article for the immediately preceding fiscal year with an adjustment not greater than the change in the California Consumer Price Index, for the preceding calendar year, from January 1 of the prior year to January 1 of the current year, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations.
(b) Unless specifically authorized by statute, the total amount of all of the fees collected by the south coast district from stationary sources of emissions in the 1995–96 fiscal year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, shall not exceed the level of expenditure in the 1993–94 fiscal year, except that the total fee amount may be adjusted annually by not more than the percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as specified in subdivision (a).
(c) Any new state or federal mandate that is applicable to the south coast district on and after January 1, 1994, shall not be subject to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 890, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2001.)