California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 30607.8

(b)(1) The commission may reclaim any in-lieu fee assessed that has not been expended within seven years of the date of its deposit with the appropriate entity, and reassign any such fee for use for one or more projects that are consistent with Section 30213, including lower cost coastal accommodations funded under Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 31411), if the executive director makes a written determination that the original intent of the in-lieu fee will be better utilized by the reassignment to those projects.

(2) This subdivision is not intended, and shall not be construed, to authorize the commission to alter or abrogate coastal development permit conditions in a manner that would violate a provision of this division or any other law.