2007 California Food and Agricultural Code Article 2. Licenses

CA Codes (fac:19220-19228)

19220.  A license shall be valid for a year from the date of
issuance.


19221.  The application for a license or a renewal of a license
shall be accompanied by the license fee.



19222.  A previous violation of any provision of this chapter is
good and sufficient cause for denial of a license.



19224.  A proceeding for refusal or revocation of a license shall be
conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
11500) of Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.  The
director shall have all the powers granted in that chapter.




19225.  The annual fee for each license held is one hundred dollars
(0).


19226.  A separate license shall be required for each place of
business.


19227.  (a) In addition to the license fee required pursuant to
Section 19225, the department may charge each licensed renderer and
collection center an additional fee necessary to cover the costs of
administering Article 6 (commencing with Section 19300) and Article
6.5 (commencing with Section 19310).  The additional fees authorized
to be imposed by this section may not exceed three thousand dollars
(,000) per year per each licensed rendering plant or collection
center.
   (b) The secretary shall fix the annual fee established pursuant to
this section and may fix different fees for renderers and collection
centers.  The secretary shall also fix the date the fee is due and
the method of collecting the fee.  If an additional fee is imposed on
licensed renderers pursuant to subdivision (a) and an additional fee
is imposed on registered transporters pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 19315, only one additional fee may be imposed on a person or
firm that is both licensed as a renderer pursuant to Article 6
(commencing with Section 19300) and registered as a transporter of
inedible kitchen grease pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with
Section 19310), which fee shall be the higher of the two fees.
   (c) If the fee established pursuant to this section is not paid
within one calendar month of the date it is due, a penalty shall be
imposed in the amount of 10 percent per annum on the amount of the
unpaid fee.
   (d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2010, and, as
of January 1, 2011, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2011, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.




19228.  All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to
Sections 19225, 19227, 19312, and 19315 shall be paid into the State
Treasury monthly to the credit of the Department of Food and
Agriculture Fund.  All fees, charges, and collections collected
pursuant to Sections 19225, 19227, 19312, and 19315 shall be used for
the enforcement of this chapter.