2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 9870-9874 Article 6. Revenue

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 9870-9874

9870.  All fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid
into the State Treasury to the credit of the Electronic and Appliance
Repair Fund, which fund is hereby created.
9871.  The director shall report to the State Controller at the
beginning of each month, for the month preceding, the amount and
source of all revenue received by the bureau pursuant to this
chapter, and at that time shall pay the entire amount thereof into
the State Treasury for credit to the Electronic and Appliance Repair
Fund.
9872.  The money in the Electronic and Appliance Repair Fund
necessary for the administration of this chapter shall be used for
such purposes.
9873.  The fees prescribed by this chapter shall be set by the
director by regulation, according to the following schedule:
   (a) (1) The initial registration fee for an electronic repair
industry service dealer or for an appliance repair industry service
dealer is not more than one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165) for
each place of business in this state.  The initial registration fee
for a service contractor is not more than seventy-five dollars ($75)
for each place of business in this state.
   (2) The initial registration fee for a person who engages in
business as both an electronic repair industry service dealer and an
appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than three
hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each place of business in this
state.  The initial registration fee for a person who is a service
contractor and engages in business as either an electronic repair
industry service dealer or an appliance repair industry service
dealer is not more than two hundred forty dollars ($240) for each
place of business in this state.
   (3) The initial registration fee for a person who engages in both
the electronic repair industry and the appliance repair industry as a
service dealer and is a service contractor is not more than four
hundred dollars ($400) for each place of business in this state.
   (4) On or after January 1, 2000, the initial registration fee for
a service contractor described in subdivision (e) of Section 12741 of
the Insurance Code shall be set by the director in an amount not to
exceed the actual and direct costs associated with the regulation of
those service contractors, but in no event more than fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000).
   A service dealer or service contractor who does not operate a
place of business in this state, but engages in the electronic repair
industry, the appliance repair industry, or sells, issues, or
administers service contracts in this state shall pay the
registration fee specified herein as if he or she had a place of
business in this state.
   (b) (1) The annual registration renewal fee for an electronic
repair industry service dealer or for an appliance repair industry
service dealer is not more than one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165)
for each place of business in this state, if renewed prior to its
expiration date.  The annual registration renewal fee for a service
contractor is seventy-five dollars ($75) for each place of business
in this state, if renewed prior to its expiration date.
   (2) The annual renewal fee for a service dealer who engages in the
business as both an electronic repair industry service dealer and an
appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than three
hundred dollars ($300) for each place of business in this state.
   (3) The annual renewal fee for a service dealer who engages in the
electronic repair industry and the appliance repair industry and is
a service contractor is not more than three hundred seventy-five
dollars ($375) for each place of business in this state.
   (4) It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount of the
annual registration renewal fee for a service contractor described in
subdivision (e) of Section 12741 of the Insurance Code shall be
evaluated and set by the Legislature.
   A service dealer or service contractor who does not operate a
place of business in this state, but who engages in the electronic
repair industry, the appliance repair industry, or sells or issues
service contracts in this state shall pay the registration fee
specified herein as if he or she had a place of business in this
state.
   (c) The delinquency fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the
renewal fee for a license in effect on the date of renewal of the
license, except as otherwise provided in Section 163.5.
   This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2008,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
which is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends that
date.
9873.  The fees prescribed by this chapter shall be set by the
director by regulation, according to the following schedule:
   (a) The initial registration fee for an electronic repair industry
service dealer or for an appliance repair industry service dealer is
not more than one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165) for each place
of business in this state.  The initial registration fee for a person
who engages in business as both an electronic repair industry
service dealer and an appliance repair industry service dealer is not
more than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325).
   (b) The annual registration renewal fee for an electronic repair
industry service dealer or for an appliance repair industry service
dealer is not more than one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165) for
each place of business in this state, if renewed prior to its
expiration date.  The annual renewal fee for a service dealer who
engages in the business as both an electronic repair industry service
dealer and an appliance repair industry service dealer is not more
than three hundred dollars ($300).
   (c) The delinquency fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the
renewal fee for a license in effect on the date of renewal of the
license, except as otherwise provided in Section 163.5.
   This section shall become operative on January 1, 2008.
9874.  All salaries, expenses, or costs incurred or sustained
pursuant to this chapter shall be payable only out of the Electronic
and Appliance Repair Fund.


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