The state board may adopt, by regulation, a schedule of annual fees for the certification, audit, and compliance of motor vehicles and engines sold in the state to cover the state board’s reasonable costs of implementing the certification, audit, and compliance programs as authorized or required under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500)) or this part related to mobile sources. The fee shall be paid by an entity seeking that certification. The fee shall be in an amount sufficient to cover the state board’s reasonable costs in implementing those state programs, including any administrative costs and may be adjusted by the annual change in the California Consumer Price Index, as determined pursuant to § 2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, for the preceding year. The fees collected by the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Certification and Compliance Fund created pursuant to Section 43019.2 and shall solely be used to cover the state board’s reasonable costs of implementing the certification, audit, and compliance programs as authorized or required under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500)) or this part related to mobile sources.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 15. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2019.)