(a) Within 90 days of submittal, the department shall conditionally approve, approve, or disapprove a final used mattress recycling program budget. If the department fails to act or does not disapprove a final used mattress recycling program budget, the budget shall be deemed approved.

(b) (1) If the department conditionally approves or disapproves the budget, the mattress recycling organization shall resubmit a revised budget addressing the department’s written reasons for its decision within 30 days of the conditional approval or disapproval.

(2) The department, within 60 days from the date the mattress recycling organization resubmits a revised budget, shall approve or disapprove a final used mattress recycling program budget. If the department fails to act or does not disapprove a final program budget within those 60 days, the budget shall be deemed approved.

(c) If the department disapproves a revised budget submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the organization may submit only one additional revised budget, subject to review in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b).

(d) Until a budget has been approved or deemed approved pursuant to this section, the mattress recycling organization shall make expenditures consistent with the most recently department-approved budget until a new budget has been approved or deemed approved by the department.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 673, Sec. 8. (AB 187) Effective January 1, 2020.)