SECTIONS 15051-15056 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 15051-15056

15051. (a) Each person shall obtain a license from the secretary
for each location where commercial feed is manufactured, distributed,
sold, or stored for later sale. Persons who do not have a permanent
place of business, but who otherwise manufacture, sell, or store feed
shall also obtain a license from the secretary.
(b) This section also shall apply to a person whenever the person'
s name and address appears on the label of commercial feed as
guarantor.
(c) The following persons are exempt from this section:
(1) A person that makes only retail sales of commercial feed which
bear the tag or other approved indication that the commercial feed
is from a licensed manufacturer or guarantor who has assumed full tax
responsibility for the tonnage tax due under this chapter.
(2) A person who manufactures commercial feed exclusively for
feeding to his or her own animals.

15053. (a) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by
an annual fee specified by the department for each location.
Beginning on January 1, 2007, the minimum license fee shall be one
hundred dollars ($100) for each location and the maximum license fee
for each location shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) for
each location with the specific fee to be set by the secretary upon
recommendation of the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. Those licensees
with feed licenses on the effective date of the bill who have
previously paid their license fees for the then current fiscal year
shall not be subject to any new fees until their licenses are
renewed. Beginning January 1, 2015, the license fee shall be one
hundred dollars ($100) for each location. Those licensees with feed
licenses on that date who have previously paid their license fees for
the then current fiscal year shall not be subject to any new license
fees until their licenses are renewed.
(b) Revenues generated from license fees shall be used to
replenish feed inspection program reserves to a minimum of 25 percent
of program expenditures, after which point some of the revenues from
these fees shall be used to reduce feed tonnage taxes provided for
in this chapter upon recommendation of the Feed Inspection Advisory
Board.

15054. All licenses shall be renewed on July 1 of each year and
shall be valid until June 30 of the next year. Each application for
renewal shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount specified by the
department, pursuant to Section 15053, for each location operated.

15055. If a license is not renewed within one calendar month
following its expiration, a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100)
shall be added to the fee.

15056. The penalty for the manufacture or distribution of a
commercial feed without a valid license as specified in Section 15051
is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500). A second or subsequent violation of this section is a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).