(

a) Notwithstanding

Section 105250, and beginning on July 1, 2018, the Lead-Related Construction Program fee for an application submitted for lead certification shall be eighty-seven dollars ($87), but shall not exceed the department’s reasonable administrative costs in connection with the application. The application fees provided in this section, and any application fee increase pursuant to subdivision (

b) or

Section 105250, shall be sufficient to ensure that processing times for completed applications do not exceed an average of days. (

b) Notwithstanding subdivision (

a) and

Section 105250, in any year the department raises or establishes new or additional fees, the department shall, by February of the year the increase or establishment takes effect, prepare a report that describes the need for a fee increase or establishment of a fee, and shall make the report and the list of fees available to the budget committees of the Legislature, and shall post the report and list of fees on the department’s internet website. The proposed increased fee shall take effect on July of the year for which it is proposed. The adjustment of fees and the publication of the final fee list shall not be subject to the rulemaking requirements of

Chapter 3.5 (commencing with

Section 11340) of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code. Modification of the fees shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of

Chapter 3.5 (commencing with

Section 11340) of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list of fees shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations.