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generator is conducting a conditionally exempt treatment operation, and who is not exempted from this fee pursuant to Section 25404.5, within 60 days of the receipt of the notification. (d) The fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be paid in accordance with Part 22 (commencing with Section 43001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. SEC. 27. Section 25205.15 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 25205.15. (a) Except for the first four manifests used in a calendar year by a business with less than 100 employees, and except as provided in subdivision (b) , the department shall impose a fee of twelve dollars ($12) for each California Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest form used on or before June 30, 1998, by any person in the following manner: (1) The Governor may, in his or her discretion, order the department to refund three-quarters of the amount of manifest fees paid on manifests used during the 1991 calendar year. (2) On and after the 1992 calendar year, for all manifests used on or before June 30, 1998, the manifest fee shall be assessed on all manifests used in the calendar year ending prior to the start of the fiscal year in which the billing occurs. (b) The manifest fee for any manifest that is used on or before June 30, 1998, solely for wastes that are to be recycled is six dollars ($6) and the total amount of manifest fees paid in a calendar year for these manifests shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5, 000) for each hazardous waste identification number issued either by the department or the Environmental Protection Agency. (c) On and after June 30, 1998, in addition to any fees to cover printing and distribution costs, the department shall impose a manifest fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) for each California Hazardous Waste Manifest form used after June 30, 1998, by any person, in the following manner: (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) , on and after July 1, 1998, the department shall bill generators for each California Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest form, manifest number, or electronic equivalent used after June 30, 1998. The billing frequency specified by the department may range from monthly to quarterly, with the payment by the generator required within 30 days from the date of receipt of the billing, and shall be determined based on consultation with the regulated community. In preparing the bills, the department shall distinguish between manifests used solely for recycled hazardous wastes and those used for nonrecycled hazardous wastes. (2) On July 1, 2000, the department shall determine if revenues from the manifest fee as collected pursuant to paragraph (1) will equal or exceed one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700, 000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year. If the department determines that the manifest fee revenues will not equal or exceed one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700, 000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, the manifest fee shall instead, commencing July 1, 2000, be collected at the time of original sale of the manifest or distribution of manifest numbers or electronic equivalent to users by the department for all manifests that will be used after June 30, 1998. (3) The manifest fee shall not be collected on the use of California Hazardous Waste Recycling Manifests that are used solely for hazardous wastes that are recycled.