SECTIONS 5680-5683 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 5680-5683

5680. (a) Licenses issued under this chapter shall expire no more
than 24 months after the issue date. The expiration date of the
original license shall be set by the board in a manner to best
distribute renewal procedures throughout each year.
(b) To renew an unexpired license, the licenseholder shall, on or
before the expiration date of the license, apply for renewal on a
form prescribed by the board, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by
this chapter.
(c) The renewal form shall include a statement specifying whether
the licensee was convicted of a crime or disciplined by another
public agency during the preceding renewal period and that the
licensee's representations on the renewal form are true, correct, and
contain no material omissions of fact, to the best knowledge and
belief of the licensee.

5680.05. Within 10 days after a judgment by a court of this state
that a licenseholder has committed a crime or is liable for any
death, personal or property injury or loss caused by the
licenseholder's fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency, or
recklessness in practice, the clerk of the court which rendered the
judgment shall report this to the board.

5680.1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license
that has expired may be renewed at any time within three years after
its expiration on filing of an application for renewal on a form
prescribed by the board, and payment of all accrued and unpaid
renewal fees. If the license is renewed more than 30 days after its
expiration, the licenseholder, as a condition precedent to renewal,
shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter.
Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which
the application is filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are
paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid,
whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in
effect through the date provided in Section 5680 that next occurs
after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it
is not again renewed.

5680.2. A license which is not renewed within three years after its
expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated
thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and obtain a
new license if:
(a) No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which, if the
license were issued, would justify its revocation or suspension.
(b) The applicant pays all of the fees which would be required of
the applicant if the applicant were then applying for the license for
the first time.
(c) The applicant takes and passes the examination which would be
required of the applicant if the applicant were then applying for the
license for the first time, or otherwise establishes to the
satisfaction of the board that the applicant is qualified to practice
landscape architecture.
The board may, by regulation, authorize the waiver or refund of
all or any part of the examination fee in those cases in which a
license is issued without an examination under this section.

5681. The fees prescribed by this chapter for landscape architect
applicants and landscape architect licensees shall be fixed by the
board as follows:
(a) The application fee for reviewing an applicant's eligibility
to take any section of the examination may not exceed one hundred
dollars ($100).
(b) The fee for any section of the examination administered by the
board shall not exceed the actual cost to the board for purchasing
and administering each exam.
(c) The fee for an original license may not exceed four hundred
dollars ($400), except that, if the license is issued less than one
year before the date on which it will expire, then the fee shall
equal 50 percent of the fee fixed by the board for an original
license. The board may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the
waiver or refund of the initial license fee where the license is
issued less than 45 days before the date on which it will expire.
(d) The fee for a duplicate license may not exceed fifty dollars
($50).
(e) The renewal fee may not exceed four hundred dollars ($400).
(f) The penalty for failure to notify the board of a change of
address within 30 days from an actual change in address may not
exceed fifty dollars ($50).
(g) The delinquency fee shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee for
the license in effect on the date of the renewal of the license, but
not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars
($200).
(h) The fee for filing an application for approval of a school
pursuant to Section 5650 may not exceed six hundred dollars ($600)
charged and collected on an biennial basis.

5682. Within 10 days after the beginning of every month, all fees
collected by the department for the month preceding, under the
provisions of this chapter, shall be paid into the State Treasury to
the credit of the California Architects Board-Landscape Architects
Fund, which is hereby created.

5683. The money paid into the California Architects Board-Landscape
Architects Fund shall be used for expenditure in the manner
prescribed by law to defray the expenses of the board and in carrying
out and enforcing the provisions of this chapter.