(a) (1) In addition to other payments authorized by this division, the department shall pay to a recycling center that is a rural region recycler, as defined in Section 14525.5.1, or that is located in a rural county, as defined in Section 40184, a transportation, operations, and logistics payment of sixty dollars ($60) per ton for glass containers.
(2) If the department determines that there are insufficient funds to make the payments described in paragraph (1) and the payments described in Sections 14575 and 14581, then the department shall reduce the payments described in paragraph (1) before making any reductions to the payments described in Sections 14575 and 14581.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the department for expenditure without regard to fiscal year for the purposes described in this subdivision.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.