(a) Establishment and Use of Fund. The Public Health Solid Waste Penalties Fund is established as a category eight fund to receive civil penalties from the operators of solid waste facilities as required by California Public Resources Code Section 45010.
(b) Use of Fund. The monies are to be used exclusively for enhancing solid waste enforcement, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Increasing enforcement programs;
(2) Expanding the agency's enforcement capabilities;
(3) Bringing the solid waste facilities into compliance with state and local law; and,
(4) Remediating illegal or abandoned solid waste disposal sites.
(c) Administration of the Fund. The Director of Health shall approve all expenditures from this fund.
(d) In 2013 and 2014, before the Board of Supervisors considers the proposed budget for the Department of Public Health for Fiscal Year 2013-14 and Fiscal Year 2014-15, the Department shall submit to the Board of Supervisors a report stating the Public Health Solid Waste Penalties Fund balance, accrued interest, and amounts and description of all deposits to and expenditures from the Fund in the previous year.
(Added by Ord. 82-13, File No. 130133, App. 5/15/2013, Eff. 6/14/2013)