(a) Pursuant to Section 6303(d), Food and Agricultural Code, fees may be charged for reimbursable services. Reimbursable services are those which a shipper or receiver requests; or those services which are required prior to the release of any quarantined shipment which has been prohibited entry into California or which must be returned out of state unless the shipment is unloaded under supervision, inspected, or treated under supervision as necessary to eliminate any pest or pest risk.

(b) The Secretary or agricultural commissioner may charge for the services rendered in connection with subsection (a) at a rate equal to the actual cost of the service, portal to portal, adopted as a fee by a county board of supervisors and published in the fee schedule of the county. If the actual cost of the service has not been adopted as a fee by a county board of supervisors and published in the fee schedule of the county, then the rate shall be $35 per hour and $0.30 per mile, portal to portal.