2005 California Food and Agricultural Code Sections 15051-15056 Article 10. Licenses

15051.  (a) Each person shall obtain a license from the secretary
for each location where commercial feed is manufactured, distributed,
sold, or stored for later sale.  Persons who do not have a permanent
place of business, but who otherwise manufacture, sell, or store
feed shall also obtain a license from the secretary.
   (b) This section also shall apply to a person whenever the person'
s name and address appears on the label of commercial feed as
guarantor.
   (c) The following persons are exempt from this section:
   (1) A person that makes only retail sales of commercial feed which
bear the tag or other approved indication that the commercial feed
is from a licensed manufacturer or guarantor who has assumed full tax
responsibility for the tonnage tax due under this chapter.
   (2) A person who manufactures commercial feed exclusively for
feeding to his or her own animals.
15053.  Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a fee
of one hundred dollars ($100) for each location for each two-year
period beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year, or portion of a
two-year period beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year.
15054.  All licenses shall be renewed on July 1 of each odd-numbered
year and shall be valid until June 30 of the next odd-numbered year.
  Each application for renewal shall be accompanied by a fee of one
hundred dollars ($100) for each location operated.
15055.  If a license is not renewed within one calendar month
following its expiration, a penalty of forty dollars ($40) shall be
added to the fee.
15056.  The penalty for the manufacture or distribution of a
commercial feed without a valid license as specified in Section 15051
is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500).  A second or subsequent violation of this section is
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).