(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected pursuant to this code by the commission from each public utility subject to Section 431, with the exception of any penalty collected pursuant to Section 405 or 406, shall be deposited in the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account, in addition to the fee authorized by Section 431.

(b) A penalty collected pursuant to Section 405 or 406 shall be deposited in the General Fund.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1147, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)