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Food & Agr. Code, § 11481 · Article 4. Refunds

Food & Agr. Code, § 11481

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) The director may authorize the refund of any money that is received or collected by the department in the payment of any fee, assessment, or tax, except that the director shall not authorize a refund of any money received by the department pursuant to a settlement agreement, stipulated judgment, or similar document or if the refund request is submitted more than four years after the payment was made.

(b) An amount equal to the amount of the refund is, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years, from the funds into which the fees were deposited, to the director to make the refunds.

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History

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 609, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.

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