California Government Code

§ 54985

GOV § 54985 Effective Jan 1, 2010Div. 2 · Title 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 12.5

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law that prescribes an amount or otherwise limits the amount of a fee or charge that may be levied by a county, a county service area, or a county waterworks district governed by a county board of supervisors, a county board of supervisors shall have the authority to increase or decrease the fee or charge, that is otherwise authorized to be levied by another provision of law, in the amount reasonably necessary to recover the cost of providing any product or service or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee or charge is levied. The fee or charge may reflect the average cost of providing any product or service or enforcing any regulation. Indirect costs that may be reflected in the cost of providing any product or service or the cost of enforcing any regulation shall be limited to those items that are included in the federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87 on January 1, 1984.

(b)If any person disputes whether a fee or charge levied pursuant to subdivision (a) is reasonable, the board of supervisors may request the county auditor to conduct a study and to determine whether the fee or charge is reasonable. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to mean that the county shall not continue to be subject to fee review procedures required by Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.

(c)This chapter shall not apply to any of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 606, Sec. 3. (SB 676) Effective January 1, 2010.