This article may be cited as the Household Movers Uniform Business Permit Fee Act.

An adequate transportation system is essential to the welfare of the state, and an important part of that system is service rendered by household movers.

On and after the effective date of this article, a city, county, or a city and county shall not assess, levy, or collect an excise or license fee or tax of any kind, character, or description whatever upon the intercity transportation business conducted on or after the effective date of this article, by any household movers, or person or corporation, owning or operating motor vehicles in the transportation of property for hire upon the public highways, under the

jurisdiction of the bureau. For purposes of this article, intercity transportation business includes every service performed in the connection with transportation of property by transportation companies where both the origin point and the destination point of the transported property are not within the exterior boundaries of a single city or city and county.

bureau.

public workshops and a formal rulemaking pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, for the purpose of adopting and implementing a fee schedule that may increase or decrease the fees set forth in this chapter, or may impose alternate fees from the fees set forth in this chapter, provided that any alternate fees shall not exceed the reasonable costs of regulation for purposes of this chapter. The fees adopted by the bureau may include application fees, permit fees, reinstatement fees, delinquency fees, transfer fees, and other fees, as determined by the bureau. The fees adopted by the bureau pursuant to this paragraph shall supersede the fees otherwise set forth in this chapter, and upon the adoption of fees by the bureau pursuant to this paragraph, the fees prescribed in this chapter shall have no effect.

pursuant to paragraph (1), every household mover, and every person or corporation, owning or operating motor vehicles in the transportation of property for hire upon the public highways, under the jurisdiction of the bureau, shall pay to the bureau a permit fee equal to one-tenth of 1 percent of gross operating revenue, which shall be payable to the bureau in the manner and at the times provided for the payment of the fee provided in Section 5003.1 of the Public Utilities Code. For purposes of this paragraph, “gross operating revenue” shall be the gross operating revenue defined in Section 5002 of the Public Utilities Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that the fee imposed by this paragraph will be equivalent to the fee imposed pursuant to Section 5328 of the Public Utilities Code as of June 30, 2018.

city and county excise or license

fees or

taxes of any kind, character, or description whatever, upon the intercity transportation business of any household

mover, and every person or corporation owning or operating motor vehicles in the transportation of property for hire upon the public highways, under the jurisdiction of the bureau.

the information and data that the department requests relating to household goods carriers.

Until the adoption of fees by the bureau pursuant to Section 19288, every household mover shall pay to the bureau the fees required pursuant to, and in the manner specified in, Sections 5003.1 and 5003.2 of the Public Utilities Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that the fees imposed by this section shall be equivalent to the fees collected by the Public Utilities Commission, and imposed pursuant to Sections 5003.1 and 5003.2 of the Public Utilities Code, as of September 1, 2017. The fees to be paid by household movers as specified in this section are in addition to the fee specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19288.

mover and showing of the necessity for the extension.

of the most recent fee paid to the bureau pursuant to Sections 19288 and 19288.1 shall be added to the amount due to the bureau at the next fee interval. If the renewal fee and delinquency fee are not paid within 90 days after expiration of a permit, the permittee shall be assessed an additional fee of 30 percent of the

most recent fee paid to the bureau pursuant to Sections 19288 and 19288.1.

accrued since the date the permit was last renewed.

The employees, representatives, auditors, and inspectors of the bureau may, under its order or direction, inspect and examine any books, accounts, records, memoranda, documents, papers, and correspondence kept by any person, corporation, or person having direct or indirect control over a person or corporation subject to this chapter. A permittee’s failure to allow an inspection pursuant to this section is grounds for suspension or revocation of the permit.