2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 8670-8676 Article 8. Revenue

8670.  As used in this chapter, "original operator's license" means
an operator's license that is not a renewal license.
8671.  As used in this chapter, "renewal operator's license" means a
license issued to an individual who had an operator's license
unrevoked and unsuspended on June 30th of the preceding renewal
period.
8672.  As used in this chapter, "original field representative's
license" means a field representative's license issued to an
individual who did not have a license on the preceding June 30th.
   For the purpose of this chapter, a renewal field representative's
license means a field representative's license issued to an
individual who had a field representative's license on June 30th of
the preceding renewal period.
8673.  License fees shall not be prorated unless an individual
licensed as an operator and a field representative requests an
earlier expiration date of one of the licenses in accordance with
Section 8590.  All license and registration fees shall be paid in
advance of the issuance of the license or registration, and all
examination fees shall be paid in advance of the examination.
8674.  The fees prescribed by this chapter are the following:
   (a) A duplicate license fee of not more than two dollars ($2).
   (b) A fee for filing a change of name of a licensee of not more
than two dollars ($2).
   (c) An operator's examination fee of not more than twenty-five
dollars ($25).
   (d) An operator's license fee of not more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (e) An operator's license renewal fee of not more than one hundred
fifty dollars ($150).
   (f) A company registration fee of not more than one hundred twenty
dollars ($120).
   (g) A branch office registration fee of not more than sixty
dollars ($60).
   (h) A field representative's examination fee of not more than
fifteen dollars ($15).
   (i) A field representative's license fee of not more than
forty-five dollars ($45).
   (j) A field representative's license renewal fee of not more than
forty-five dollars ($45).
   (k) An applicator's examination fee of not more than fifteen
dollars ($15).
   (l) An applicator's license fee of not more than fifty dollars
($50).
   (m) An applicator's license renewal fee of not more than fifty
dollars ($50).
   (n) An activity form fee, per property address, of not more than
three dollars ($3).
   (o) A fee for certifying a copy of an activity form of not more
than three dollars ($3).
   (p) A fee for filing a change of a registered company's name,
principal office address, or branch office address, qualifying
manager, or the names of a registered company's officers, or bond or
insurance of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) for each change.
   (q) A fee for approval of continuing education providers of not
more than fifty dollars ($50).
   (r) A pesticide use report filing fee of not more than five
dollars ($5) for each pesticide use report or combination of use
reports representing a registered structural pest control company's
total county pesticide use for the month.
   (s) A fee for approval of continuing education courses of not more
than twenty-five dollars ($25).
   (t) (1) Any person who pays a fee pursuant to subdivision  (r)
shall, in addition, pay a fee of two dollars ($2) for each pesticide
use stamp purchased from the board.  Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the fee established pursuant to this subdivision
shall be deposited with a bank or other depository approved by the
Department of Finance and designated by the Research Advisory Panel
or into the Structural Pest Control Research Fund that is hereby
created and continuously appropriated to be used only for structural
pest control research.  If the Research Advisory Panel designates
that the fees be deposited in an account other than the Structural
Pest Control Research Fund, any moneys in the fund shall be
transferred to the designated account.
   (2) Prior to the deposit of any funds, the depository shall enter
into an agreement with the Department of Consumer Affairs that
includes, but is not limited to, all of the following requirements:
   (A) The depository shall serve as custodian for the safekeeping of
the funds.
   (B) Funds deposited in the designated account shall be encumbered
solely for the exclusive purpose of implementing and continuing the
program for which they were collected.
   (C) Funds deposited in the designated account shall be subject to
an audit at least once every two years by an auditor selected by the
Director of Consumer Affairs.  A copy of the audit shall be provided
to the director within 30 days of completion of the audit.
   (D) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall be reimbursed for all
expenses it incurs that are reasonably related to implementing and
continuing the program for which the funds were collected in
accordance with the agreement.
   (E) A reserve in an amount sufficient to pay for costs arising
from unanticipated occurrences associated with administration of the
program shall be maintained in the designated account.
   (3) A charge for administrative expenses of the board in an amount
not to exceed 5 percent of the amount collected and deposited in the
Structural Pest Control Research Fund may be assessed against the
fund.  The charge shall be limited to expenses directly related to
the administration of the fund.
   (4) The board shall, by regulation, establish a five-member
research advisory panel including, but not limited to,
representatives from each of the following:  (A) the Structural Pest
Control Board, (B) the structural pest control industry, (C) the
Department of Pesticide Regulation, and (D) the University of
California.  The panel, or other entity designated by the board,
shall solicit on behalf of the board all requests for proposals and
present to the panel all proposals that meet the criteria established
by the panel.  The panel shall review the proposals and recommend to
the board which proposals to accept.  The recommendations shall be
accepted upon a two-thirds vote of the board.  The board shall direct
the panel, or other entity designated by the board, to prepare and
issue the research contracts and authorize the transfer of funds from
the Structural Pest Control Research Fund to the applicants whose
proposals were accepted by the board.
   (5) A charge for requests for proposals, contracts, and monitoring
of contracted research shall not exceed 5 percent of the research
funds available each year and shall be paid from the Structural Pest
Control Research Fund.
8675.  The delinquent penalty for a renewal of any license issued
under this chapter applied for after the expiration date of the
license shall be 50 percent of the fee required for the renewal of
the license applied for before the expiration date but not more than
one hundred dollars ($100).
8676.  The department shall receive and account for all moneys
collected under this chapter at the end of each month, and shall pay
it into the Treasury to the credit of the Structural Pest Control
Fund.
   The money in this fund shall be expended for the pro rata cost of
administration of the department and for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of this chapter.