SECTIONS 8800-8805 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 8800-8805

8800. The department shall receive and account for all money
derived under the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each
month, shall report such money to the State Controller and shall pay
it to the State Treasurer, who shall keep the money in a separate
fund known as the Professional Engineer's and Land Surveyor's Fund.
For accounting and recordkeeping purposes, the Professional
Engineer's and Land Surveyor's Fund shall be deemed to be a single
special fund, and shall be available for expenditure only for the
purposes as are now or may hereafter be provided by law.
The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter shall be
deposited in the Professional Engineer's and Land Surveyor's Fund.
All moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes of
this chapter.

8801. Licenses issued under this chapter expire every two years, if
not renewed. Biennial renewals shall be staggered on a quarterly
basis. To renew an unexpired license the licenseholder shall on or
before the date of expiration indicated on the renewal receipt, apply
for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, and pay the renewal
fee prescribed by this chapter.

8802. Except as otherwise provided in this article, licenses issued
under this chapter may be renewed at any time within three years
after expiration on filing of 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 licensee, 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 the renewal fee is 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 8801 which next occurs
after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it
is not again renewed.

8802.1. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be
renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until
it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other
activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which
the license was suspended.

8802.2. A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in
this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after
its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its
reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to
the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the
date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency fee, if any,
accrued at the time of its revocation.

8803. A license which is not renewed within three years after its
expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated
thereafter, unless all of the following apply:
(a) The licensee has not committed any acts or crimes constituting
grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(b) The licensee pays all of the fees which would be required if
applying for the license for the first time. If the registrant or
certificate holder has been practicing in this state with an expired
or delinquent license and receives a waiver from taking the
examination as specified in subdivision (c) then he or she shall pay
all accrued and unpaid renewal fees.
(c) The licensee takes and passes the examination which would be
required if applying for the license for the first time, or otherwise
establishes to the satisfaction of the board that, with due regard
for the public interest, the licensee is qualified to engage in the
practice of land surveying.
The board may, by appropriate regulation, authorize the waiver or
refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in
which a license is issued without an examination under this section.

8803.1. Once an expired or delinquent license is renewed, restored,
reinstated, or reissued pursuant to Section 8803, all of the
following apply:
(a) The board shall continue to have full jurisdiction and
authority over the licensee as if the license had not expired or
become delinquent.
(b) The work performed by the licensee during a period of
expiration or delinquency shall be deemed lawful and validly
performed as to persons or entities other than the licensee.
(c) The renewal, restoration, reinstatement, or reissuance of a
license shall not affect liability issues regarding work performed
during a period of expiration or delinquency, nor does the fact of
performance during a period of expiration or delinquency affect
liability issues.

8804. The renewal or reinstatement of any certificate of
registration of a civil engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with
Section 6700) of Division 3, who is also a licensed land surveyor,
shall not include the renewal or restoration of his land surveyor's
license, without the payment of the surveyor's renewal fee or
penalty.

8804.5. The board may make refunds of all fees in accordance with
Section 158 of this code.

8805. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
fixed by the board in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) The fee for filing each application for licensure as a land
surveyor at not more than four hundred dollars ($400) and for each
application for certification as a land surveyor-in-training (LSIT)
at not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) The fees to take an examination administered by a public or
private organization pursuant to Section 8754 shall be no greater
than the actual cost of the development and administration of the
examination and may be paid directly to the organization by the
applicant.
(c) The renewal fee for a land surveyor at not more than the
application fee.
(d) The fee for a retired license at not more than 50 percent of
the professional land surveyor application fee in effect on the date
of application.
(e) The delinquency fee at not more than 50 percent of the renewal
fee in effect on the date of reinstatement.
(f) The board shall establish by regulation an appeal fee for
examination. The regulation shall include provisions for an applicant
to be reimbursed the appeal fee if the appeal results in passage of
examination. The fee shall be no more than the costs incurred by the
board.
(g) All other document fees are to be set by the board by rule.