(a) For purposes of the collection of the fees specified in subdivision (a) of § 25174 of the Health and Safety Code, a determination by the Department of Toxic Substances Control that a waste is nonhazardous shall be effective only for wastes generated and handled commencing with the month during which the Department of Toxic Substances Control receives a completed application for that determination.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2022, and shall apply to the fees due after the June 2022 reporting period, including the prepayments due following the reporting period and the fee due and payable following the reporting period.

(Repealed (in Sec. 82) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 73, Sec. 83. (SB 158) Effective July 12, 2021. Operative July 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)