Section 55861 Of Article 16. Fees From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 16.
55861
. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article or in
Section 56574, each applicant for a license shall pay to the
department a fee in accordance with the schedule in subdivision (b),
except that an agent shall pay fifty-five dollars ($55) for each
license period of the principal.
(b) The amount of the fee due each year from the applicant shall
be determined by the annual dollar volume of business based on the
value of the farm products that is returned to the grower, as
follows:
(1) For a dollar volume of less than twenty thousand dollars
($20,000), the fee shall be one hundred thirty-six dollars ($136).
(2) For a dollar volume of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and
over, but less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the fee shall
be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) For a dollar volume of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and
over, but less than two million dollars ($2,000,000), the fee shall
be three hundred dollars ($300).
(4) For a dollar volume of two million dollars ($2,000,000) and
over, the fee shall be four hundred dollars ($400).
(c) The department may reevaluate the fee structure based on
operating costs. The fees shall adequately cover the costs to fully
administer and operate the program in an effective and efficient
manner.