(a) Every producer shall pay an inspection fee not to exceed twelve cents ($0.12) per hundredweight of the first 482,000 pounds only on milk produced by him or her during the quarter year preceding the date the inspection fee becomes due and payable or two hundred fifty dollars ($250), whichever is greater.

(b) Notwithstanding the fee limit specified in this section for producers, the secretary may increase the inspection fee by an amount not to exceed one-half cent ($0.005) per hundredweight per annum.

(c) The secretary shall annually fix the fees at an amount not to exceed actual reasonable program costs for administration of this chapter, and may adjust the per hundredweight fee whenever he or she finds that the cost of administering the provisions of this chapter can be defrayed from revenues derived from lower rates. Any money collected by the secretary pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.

(d) The secretary shall charge a dairy farm all actual direct costs for initial and any followup dairy farm inspections for a facility out of compliance with the initial inspection. However, in no event shall the fee for an initial inspection exceed the limitation established in subdivisions (a) and (b).

(e) The secretary shall establish plan review fees for sanitary design and construction review activities relating to dairy farms pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 33451).

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 19. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)