Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 64. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.
Article 8 - Revenue
California Business and Professions Code — §§ 7135-7138.1
Sections (7)
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.
It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal year the board shall designate, if appropriated in the Budget Act and to the extent that it does not conflict with the control language of the Budget Act, no less than 20 percent of the annual amount collected as a result of the fees increased by statutes enacted during the 1993 portion of the 1993–94 Regular Session to be used to enforce the provision of this chapter relative to unlicensed activity.
Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 65. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.
The director shall designate a sum not to exceed 10 percent of the total income of the Contractors State License Board for each fiscal year to be transferred to the Consumer Affairs Fund as the board’s share of the cost of administration of the department.
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 592, Sec. 19. (SB 861) Effective January 1, 2026.
($188).
dollars ($157).
(ii) To demonstrate discharge grade at the time of the board’s request for the initial license or registration fee, the applicant shall provide the board a copy of a current and valid driver’s license or identification card issued by this state or another state with the word “Veteran” printed on its face or a copy of their DD214 long form.
an individual owner shall be four hundred fifty dollars ($450) and may be increased to not more than five hundred sixty-three dollars ($563).
increased to not more than six hundred twenty-five dollars ($625).
electrician certification.
(ii) The fee shall only be assessed for an investigation or inspection and report that resulted in issuance of a letter of admonishment or a citation pursuant to Sections 7099 and 7099.9 that has become a final order of the registrar.
(iii) A license shall not be renewed without payment of the renewal fee and all fees for the investigation or inspection and report pursuant to this subparagraph.
(C) The service fee to deposit with the registrar lawful money or cashier’s check pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure for purposes of compliance with any provision of Article 5 (commencing with Section 7065) shall be one hundred dollars ($100), which shall be used by the board only to process each deposit filed with the registrar,
to cover the reasonable costs to the registrar for holding money or cashier’s checks in trust in interest bearing deposit or share accounts, and to offset the costs of processing payment of lawful claims against a deposit in a civil action.
(D) The fee for the processing and issuance of a duplicate copy of any certificate of licensure or other form evidencing licensure or renewal of licensure pursuant to Section 122 shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
(E) The fee to change the business name of a license as it is recorded under this chapter shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and may be increased to not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
(F) The service charge for a dishonored check authorized by Section
6157 of the Government Code shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) for each check.
Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 67. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.
The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be transferred from the Contractors License Fund to the Controller for the exclusive use of the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.
The commission shall prepare a recommendation to the Legislature for a local public agency source to fund the commission beginning July 1, 1991, which will provide revenue supported by the contract activities represented by the commission’s authority.
Upon adoption of this funding program, the commission shall reimburse the Contractors License Fund in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 68. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a fee paid in connection with a service or application covered by Section 7137 shall accrue to the Contractors License Fund as an earned fee and shall not be refunded.
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 233, Sec. 5. (SB 779) Effective January 1, 2026.
Notwithstanding Section 7137, the board shall fix fees to be collected pursuant to that section in order to generate revenues sufficient to maintain the board’s reserve fund at a level not to exceed approximately 12 months of annual authorized board expenditures.