SECTIONS 7599.70-7599.75 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7599.70-7599.75

7599.70. Effective July 1, 1998, the bureau shall establish and
assess fees and penalties for licensure and registration as follows:
(a) A company license application fee may not exceed thirty-five
dollars ($35).
(b) An original license fee for an alarm company operator license
may not exceed two hundred eighty dollars ($280). A renewal fee for
an alarm company operator license may not exceed three hundred
thirty-five dollars ($335).
(c) A qualified manager application and examination fee may not
exceed one hundred five dollars ($105).
(d) A renewal fee for a qualified manager may not exceed one
hundred twenty dollars ($120).
(e) An original license fee and renewal fee for a branch office
certificate may not exceed thirty-five dollars ($35).
(f) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the reinstatement fee as
required by Sections 7593.12 and 7598.17 is the amount equal to the
renewal fee plus a penalty of 50 percent thereof.
(g) A fee for reexamination of an applicant for a qualified
manager may not exceed two hundred forty dollars ($240).
(h) An initial registration fee for an alarm agent may not exceed
seventeen dollars ($17).
(i) A registration renewal fee for an alarm agent may not exceed
seven dollars ($7).
(j) A firearms qualification fee may not exceed eighty dollars
($80) and a firearms requalification fee may not exceed sixty dollars
($60).
(k) The fingerprint processing fee is that amount charged the
bureau by the Department of Justice.
(l) The processing fee required pursuant to Sections 7593.7 and
7598.14 is the amount equal to the expenses incurred to provide a
photo identification card.
(m) The fee for a "Certificate of Licensure" may not exceed fifty
dollars ($50).
(n) The delinquency fee is 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect
on the date of expiration, but not less than twenty-five dollars
($25).

7599.71. The director shall furnish one copy of any issue or
edition of the licensing law, rules and regulations, manuals, or
guides to any applicant or licensee without charge. The director
shall charge and collect a fee equivalent to the cost of producing
such laws, rules and regulations, manuals, or guides, plus sales tax
for each additional copy which may be furnished on request to any
applicant or licensee, and for each copy furnished on request to any
other person. All moneys derived, pursuant to this section except for
any sales tax collected shall be used to cover the costs of
producing copies of such laws, rules and regulations, manuals or
guides. All moneys collected for sales tax shall be remitted to the
State Board of Equalization.

7599.72. The department shall receive and account for all money
derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each
month, shall report that money to the Controller and shall pay it to
the Treasurer, who shall keep the money in the Private Security
Services Fund.

7599.73. Application or licensee fees shall not be refunded except
in accordance with Section 158.

7599.74. All money derived from Section 7591.9 shall be used to
support the bureau's enforcement program.

7599.75. There shall be a separate budget and expenditure statement
and a separate revenue statement outlining all moneys derived from
and expended for the licensing and regulation of alarm company
operators and alarm agents in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter.
All moneys derived from the licensing of alarm company operators
and alarm agents shall be expended exclusively on the regulation of
alarm company operators and alarm agents.
If at the end of any fiscal year, the moneys derived from the
licensing of alarm company operators and alarm agents is in surplus
in an amount which equals or is more than the moneys necessary for
the regulation of alarm company operators and alarm agents for the
next two fiscal years, license or other fees shall be reduced, during
the following fiscal year in an amount which will reduce any surplus
moneys derived from the licensing of alarm company operators and
alarm agents to an amount less than the moneys expended for the
regulation of alarm company operators and alarm agents for the next
two fiscal years.
This section shall become operative on and after July 1, 1983.