(a) The board shall notify the feepayers that, as of the first of the month following the notification, no fee shall be imposed whenever the administrator, in consultation with the board, and with the approval of the Treasurer, determines that the amount in the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund, collected pursuant to Section 46052, is equal to the amount specified in subdivision (a) of Section 46012, and the collection of the fee is not required for any of the following purposes:
(1) The purposes specified in subdivision (k) of Section 8670.48 of the Government Code.
(2) To repay any draw on a financial security obtained by the Treasurer pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 8670.48 of the Government Code, including any principal, interest, premium, fees, charges, or costs of any kind incurred in connection with that financial security.
(3) To repay any borrowing by the Treasurer pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 8670.53.1) of Chapter 7.4 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, including any principal, interest, premium, fees, charges, or costs of any kind incurred in connection with that borrowing.
(b) Whenever the fee has ceased to be imposed in accordance with subdivision (a), the administrator may direct the board to resume collection of the fee, if the administrator, in consultation with the board, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 8670.48 of the Government Code, makes one of the following determinations:
(1) The amount in the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund is less than or equal to 95 percent of the amount specified in subdivision (a) of Section 46012.
(2) Additional money is required for the purposes specified in subdivision (k) of Section 8670.48 of the Government Code.
(3) That revenue is necessary to repay any draw on a financial security obtained by the Treasurer pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 8670.48 of the Government Code or any borrowing by the Treasurer pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 8670.53.1) of the Government Code, including any principal, interest, premium, fees, charges, or costs of any kind incurred in connection with those borrowings or that financial security.
(c) If the administrator directs the board to resume collection of the fee, the board shall notify the feepayers, upon the first of the month following the notification, that the fee will be imposed.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 373, Sec. 19. Effective October 10, 2007.)