(a) The landing fee collected pursuant to former Section 8051.3 shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and shall be used only for the Abalone Resources Restoration and Enhancement Program. The department shall maintain internal accounts necessary to ensure that the funds are disbursed for the purposes in this section. The department may use for administration no more of the landing fee collected pursuant to former Section 8051.3 than an amount equal to the regularly approved department indirect overhead rate. Any interest on the revenues from the landing fee collected pursuant to former Section 8051.3 shall be deposited in the fund and used for the purposes in this subdivision.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.

Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 8051.4

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 17. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)