California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 9 — Alcoholic Beverages, Chapter 1.5 — Administration, Article 4 — Appeals From Decisions of the Department, Section 23083.5
(a) The department shall collect a 3-percent surcharge on the annual fees provided for in Section 23320 on behalf of the appeals board at the same time the department makes its regular collections of annual fees pursuant to Section 23320. The surcharge shall be rounded to the nearest five dollars ($5) and pay the costs of the appeals board in carrying out its duties.
(b) All surcharges collected by the department on behalf of the appeals board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Fund, which is hereby created. All moneys in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Fund shall be available to the appeals board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to pay the actual costs of the appeals board in carrying out its duties under this chapter.
Notes
Requires the department to collect a 3 percent surcharge on annual fees for the appeals board, rounded to the nearest $5, to pay board costs. Establishes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Fund, requires surcharge deposits there, and makes fund money available to the appeals board upon legislative appropriation for its actual chapter-duty costs.
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