available for public inspection.

A city, county, or city and county that issues business licenses, equivalent instruments, or permits within its jurisdiction shall provide written notice of the requirements of Section 118600 of the Health and Safety Code to each applicant for a new or renewed business

license, equivalent instrument, or permit.

Standard Industrial Classification Codes, as defined in Section 25244.14 of the Health and Safety Code, for the business.

Activities, as referenced in Section 13383.5 of the Water Code, and if applicable, the city shall confirm that the WDID, WDID application number, NONA, or NEC corresponds to the business requesting the initial business license or business license renewal. To determine whether any of the primary Standard Industrial Classification Codes are applicable to a General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities Excluding Construction Activities, as referenced in Section 13383.5 of the Water Code, the city may use information provided by the State Water Resources Control Board, including information posted pursuant to Section 13383.10 of the Water Code for these purposes. To confirm the WDID, WDID application number, NONA, or NEC, the city shall only need to keep record of the applicable documentation.

section shall apply to applications for initial business licenses, equivalent instruments, or permits, and renewals thereof, submitted on and after January 1, 2020.

13383.5 of the Water Code.

Notwithstanding Section 16000, no incorporated city shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to cafe musicians.

“Cafe musician,” for the purposes of this section, means any person playing a musical instrument in any place or establishment where food or alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale or given away, who is an employee, or independent contractor, of such place or establishment. “Cafe musician” does not include an owner, manager, or operator of such place or establishment.

Every honorably discharged or honorably relieved soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States or Confederate States who served in the Civil War, any Indian war, the Spanish-American War, any Philippine insurrection, the Chinese Relief Expedition, the World War of 1914 and years following, or World War II, who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and who is a voter of this state, may distribute circulars, and hawk, peddle, and vend any goods, wares or merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, vinous, or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any license tax or fee whatsoever, whether municipal, county or state, and the legislative body shall issue to such soldier, sailor or marine, without cost, a license therefor.

Every person who was honorably discharged or honorably relieved from the military, naval or air service of the United States who served on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to February 1, 1955, or on or after August 5, 1964, and prior to a future date to be established by the Legislature, who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and who is a resident of this state, may distribute circulars, and hawk, peddle, and vend any goods, wares or merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, or vinous, or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any license tax or fee whatsoever, whether municipal, county or state, and the legislative body shall issue to such person, without cost, a license therefor.

Every person who is honorably discharged or honorably relieved from the military, naval, or air service of the United States and who is a resident of this state, may distribute circulars, and hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares, or merchandise owned by him or her, except spiritous, malt, or vinous, or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any business license fee, whether municipal, county, or state, and the legislative body shall issue to that person, without cost, a license therefor.

this section is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.

No license fee may be collected from, nor any penalty for the nonpayment thereof enforced against, any commercial traveler whose business is limited to goods, wares, and merchandise sold or dealt in at wholesale in this State.

No license fee for the privilege of auctioning real estate may be collected from any real estate auctioneer, whose business is limited exclusively to auctioning real estate, except by the city in which he has a permanent place of business.

No city shall impose a license fee or tax, other than a fee or tax based on gross receipts, for the privilege of renting, leasing, or operating laundry equipment, whether or not coin operated, upon any individual or firm whose business is limited exclusively to renting, leasing, or operating such equipment, which license fee taxes or has the effect of taxing any gross receipts, other than gross receipts actually derived from the conduct of business within such city. For purposes of this section, the tax shall be based on the entire gross receipts of the taxpayer derived within the city, and no minimum tax shall be imposed upon any business location, nor shall such tax be measured by the number of business locations or machines of the taxpayer within the city.

This section shall not apply to coin-operated laundry equipment owned and operated by a retail establishment providing coin-operated laundry equipment for general public use.

No city shall impose a license fee or tax, other than a fee or tax based on gross receipts, for the privilege of renting, leasing, or operating coin-operated vending machines, upon any individual or firm whose business is limited exclusively to renting, leasing, or operating such machines, which license fee or tax has the effect of taxing any gross receipts other than gross receipts which are directly attributable to the business activities conducted within the city. For the purposes of this section, the license fee or tax shall be based on the entire gross receipts which are directly attributable to the business activities conducted within the city, and no minimum license fee or tax shall be imposed upon any business location, nor shall such license fee or tax be measured by the number of business locations or machines of the taxpayer within the city.

Any license to conduct a business issued by a city in connection with which the city imposes a license fee or tax upon coin-operated vending machines within the city, may be revoked for failure of the licensee to report to the city the gross receipts from such machines. The city may demand an audit of any such licensee and require him to submit a copy of the state sales and use tax returns filed relative to such machines, and a copy of any other tax statement filed with any government entity by him or by any other individual or firm owning, renting, leasing, or operating such machines disclosing the gross receipts received from owning, renting, leasing, or operating such machines.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to a chartered city or to a chartered city and county.

This article does not repeal any act vesting municipal corporations with power to license for revenue purposes.

Any license issued to a business pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked for a violation of Section 24185 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to human cloning.