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(1) The California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act requires each person to be licensed prior to operating a meat processing establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, and establishes application fees for initial and renewal of licenses for livestock meat inspectors and processing inspectors, and licensing fees for the operation of slaughterhouses. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to report to the Controller at least once each month the total amount of money collected pursuant to these provisions and to pay into the State Treasury the entire amount of the receipts that shall be credited to the General Fund. This bill would, until January 1, 2017, increase the fees for licenses and renewal of licenses, impose specified penalties for the failure to pay the fee for renewal of a license prior to the expiration date of the license, and establish criteria for the fee for a license application submitted upon change of ownership of custom slaughterhouses, as specified. (2) Existing law provides for the regulation, inspection, and licensing of poultry plants and poultry meat inspectors. This bill would, until January 1, 2017, revise the licensing scheme and increase the fees for the licensing and renewal of licenses in connection with poultry plant operations and poultry meat inspections. (3) Existing law requires the licensing of meat processing establishments, custom livestock slaughterhouses, poultry plants, and pet food processors and importers, among other similar businesses, as specified. This bill would provide that if a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, poultry plant, pet food processor or importer, or other similar business, as specified, the license fee that is the highest amount shall be paid in full and each additional license fee shall be in an amount that is 50% of the fee that would otherwise be applicable. (4) Existing law generally regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells. Existing law provides that the proceeds of charges levied, assessed, and collected upon the properties of every person operating or owning an interest in the production of a well shall be used exclusively for the support and maintenance of the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation. This bill instead would provide that the proceeds of those charges shall be used exclusively for the support and maintenance of the Department of Conservation. (5) The existing Tort Claims Act provides for the liability and immunity of a governmental entity for its acts and omissions that cause harm to persons. Under existing law, notwithstanding the Tort Claims Act, a public entity or public employee is not liable for injury or damage caused by a condition of public property located in, or injury or damage otherwise occurring in, or arising out of an activity in, a unit of the state park system that is designated as closed, partially closed, or subject to service reduction by the Department of Parks and Recreation for purposes of achieving budget reductions, among other things. This bill would instead limit the liability of a public entity or public employee for injury or damage caused by a condition of public property located in, or injury or damage otherwise occurring in, or arising out of an activity in, a unit of the state park system that is designated as closed by the department. The bill would require the department to maintain, make available to the public, and post on the department's Internet Web site a list of closed units. (6) This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Food and Agriculture for administrative costs, thereby making an appropriation. (7) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.