Cal. BPC § 5681
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 5681, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
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 shall be 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. The fee for the California Supplemental Examination shall be three hundred fifty dollars ($350). The board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a higher amount, up to a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400).
(c) The fee for an original license shall be seven hundred dollars ($700) and the board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a higher amount, up to a maximum of eight hundred dollars ($800), 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 shall be three hundred dollars ($300).
(e) The renewal fee shall be seven hundred dollars ($700). The board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a higher amount, up to a maximum of eight hundred dollars ($800).
(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.
(a) The application fee for reviewing an applicant’s eligibility to take any section of the examination shall be 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. The fee for the California Supplemental Examination shall be three hundred fifty dollars ($350). The board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a higher amount, up to a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400).
(c) The fee for an original license shall be seven hundred dollars ($700) and the board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a higher amount, up to a maximum of eight hundred dollars ($800), 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 shall be three hundred dollars ($300).
(e) The renewal fee shall be seven hundred dollars ($700). The board may adopt regulations to set the fee at a higher amount, up to a maximum of eight hundred dollars ($800).
(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.
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