(a) The department shall charge and collect the applicable annual fee, as established pursuant to subdivision (b), from each manufacturer that submits information as required by Section 116832 and from each manufacturer that has a currently valid certificate issued by the department. The fees established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not exceed the amount necessary to recoup the reasonable regulatory costs incurred by the department in publishing and maintaining the information on its Internet Web site as provided in Section 116845 and in conducting enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, referring matters for enforcement to other agencies pursuant to Section 116840.
(b) (1) For each water treatment device for which the manufacturer has submitted the information required by subdivision (a) of Section 116832, the annual fee shall be up to five hundred dollars ($500).
(2) For each water treatment device that has a valid, unexpired certificate issued by the department prior to December 31, 2013, the annual fee shall be up to five hundred dollars ($500).
(c) The department may establish and periodically adjust the fee authorized by subdivision (a) by publishing the fee on its Internet Web site. This action by the department shall not be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 403, Sec. 13. (AB 119) Effective January 1, 2014.)