SECTIONS 7135-7138.1 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7135-7138.1

7135. (a) The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter
shall be deposited in the Contractors' License Fund. All moneys in
the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall use
moneys appropriated from the fund to improve its administrative and
investigative oversight activities and capacity.

7135.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal year
the board shall designate, if appropriated in the Budget Act and to
the extent that it does not conflict with the control language of the
Budget Act, no less than 20 percent of the annual amount collected
as a result of the fees increased by statutes enacted during the 1993
portion of the 1993-94 Regular Session to be used to enforce the
provision of this chapter relative to unlicensed activity.

7136. The director shall designate a sum not to exceed 10 percent
of the total income of the Contractors' State License Board for each
fiscal year to be transferred to the Consumer Affairs Fund as the
board's share of the cost of administration of the department.

7137. The board shall set fees by regulation. These fees shall not
exceed the following schedule:
(a) The application fee for an original license in a single
classification shall not be more than three hundred dollars ($300).
The application fee for each additional classification applied for
in connection with an original license shall not be more than
seventy-five dollars ($75).
The application fee for each additional classification pursuant to
Section 7059 shall not be more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
The application fee to replace a responsible managing officer,
responsible managing manager, responsible managing member, or
responsible managing employee pursuant to Section 7068.2 shall not be
more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(b) The fee for rescheduling an examination for an applicant who
has applied for an original license, additional classification, a
change of responsible managing officer, responsible managing manager,
responsible managing member, or responsible managing employee, or
for an asbestos certification or hazardous substance removal
certification, shall not be more than sixty dollars ($60).
(c) The fee for scheduling or rescheduling an examination for a
licensee who is required to take the examination as a condition of
probation shall not be more than sixty dollars ($60).
(d) The initial license fee for an active or inactive license
shall not be more than one hundred eighty dollars ($180).
(e) The renewal fee for an active license shall not be more than
three hundred sixty dollars ($360).
The renewal fee for an inactive license shall not be more than one
hundred eighty dollars ($180).
(f) The delinquency fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the
renewal fee, if the license is renewed after its expiration.
(g) The registration fee for a home improvement salesperson shall
not be more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(h) The renewal fee for a home improvement salesperson
registration shall not be more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(i) The application fee for an asbestos certification examination
shall not be more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(j) The application fee for a hazardous substance removal or
remedial action certification examination shall not be more than
seventy-five dollars ($75).
(k) In addition to any other fees charged to C-10 and C-7
contractors, the board may charge a fee not to exceed twenty dollars
($20), which shall be used by the board to enforce provisions of the
Labor Code related to electrician certification.

7137.5. The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be
transferred from the Contractors' License Fund to the Controller for
the exclusive use of the California Uniform Construction Cost
Accounting Commission.
The commission shall prepare a recommendation to the Legislature
for a local public agency source to fund the commission beginning
July 1, 1991, which will provide revenue supported by the contract
activities represented by the commission's authority.
Upon adoption of this funding program, the commission shall
reimburse the Contractors' License Fund in the amount of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).

7138. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a fee paid in
connection with a service or application covered by Section 7137
shall accrue to the Contractors' License Fund as an earned fee and
shall not be refunded.

7138.1. Notwithstanding Section 7137, the board shall fix fees to
be collected pursuant to that section in order to generate revenues
sufficient to maintain the board's reserve fund at a level not to
exceed approximately six months of annual authorized board
expenditures.