§ 8051
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(a)The landing fee imposed pursuant to Section 8041 shall be determined pursuant to Section 8042 by using the fee rates in the following schedule, as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (b):
Rate per
pound
Lobster
$ 0.1333
Spot prawn and abalone
$ 0.1000
Salmon and swordfish, based only on the weight in the round
$ 0.0333
Halibut, sea cucumber, white seabass, sheephead, and Dungeness crab
$ 0.0333
Shortspine thornyhead, sablefish, lingcod, and prawns and shrimp (except spot prawn and pink shrimp)
$ 0.0133
Angel, thresher, and bonito sharks, based only on the weight in the round
$ 0.0097
All fish and invertebrates unless otherwise specified
$ 0.0067
Sea urchin, pink shrimp, smelts, soles, turbot, longspine thornyhead, night smelt, and sanddabs
$ 0.0047
Bonito, flounder, grenadiers, herring, and skates
$ 0.0027
Market squid
$ 0.0023
Anchovy, mackerel, sardines, and Pacific whiting
$ 0.0010
(1)The fee rates specified in subdivision
(a)are applicable to the 2020 calendar year, and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to this subdivision.
(2)The changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services, as published by the United States Department of Commerce, shall be used as the index to determine an annual rate of increase or decrease in the fee rates specified in subdivision (a).
(3)The department shall determine the change in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services, as published by the United States Department of Commerce, for the quarter ending March 31 of the current year compared to the quarter ending March 31 of the previous year. The relative amount of the change shall be multiplied by the current fee rates.
(4)The product of the calculation made pursuant to paragraph
(3)shall be added to the applicable fee rate for the current year. The resulting amounts shall be the fee rates for the calendar year beginning on or after January 1 of the next succeeding calendar year.
(c)The calculations provided for in this section shall be reported by the department to the Legislature with the Governor’s Budget Bill.
(d)The Legislature finds that all revenue generated by fee rates computed under this section, and used for the purposes for which they were imposed, are not subject to Article XIII B of the California Constitution.