Section 9873.

The fees prescribed by this chapter shall be set by the director by regulation, according to the following schedule:

(a) (1) The initial registration fee for an electronic repair industry service dealer or for an appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165) for each place of business in this state. The initial registration fee for a service contractor is not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) for each place of business in this state.

(2) The initial registration fee for a person who engages in business as both an electronic repair industry service dealer and an appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each place of business in this state. The initial registration fee for a person who is a service contractor and engages in business as either an electronic repair industry service dealer or an appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than two hundred forty dollars ($240) for each place of business in this state.

(3) The initial registration fee for a person who engages in both the electronic repair industry and the appliance repair industry as a service dealer and is a service contractor is not more than four hundred dollars ($400) for each place of business in this state.

(4) On or after January 1, 2000, the initial registration fee for a service contractor described in subdivision (e) of Section 12741 of the Insurance Code shall be set by the director in an amount not to exceed the actual and direct costs associated with the regulation of those service contractors, but in no event more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

A service dealer or service contractor who does not operate a place of business in this state, but engages in the electronic repair industry, the appliance repair industry, or sells, issues, or administers service contracts in this state shall pay the registration fee specified herein as if he or she had a place of business in this state.

(b) (1) The annual registration renewal fee for an electronic repair industry service dealer or for an appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165) for each place of business in this state, if renewed prior to its expiration date. The annual registration renewal fee for a service contractor is seventy-five dollars ($75) for each place of business in this state, if renewed prior to its expiration date.

(2) The annual renewal fee for a service dealer who engages in the business as both an electronic repair industry service dealer and an appliance repair industry service dealer is not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each place of business in this state.

(3) The annual renewal fee for a service dealer who engages in the electronic repair industry and the appliance repair industry and is a service contractor is not more than three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375) for each place of business in this state.

(4) It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount of the annual registration renewal fee for a service contractor described in subdivision (e) of Section 12741 of the Insurance Code shall be evaluated and set by the Legislature.

A service dealer or service contractor who does not operate a place of business in this state, but who engages in the electronic repair industry, the appliance repair industry, or sells or issues service contracts in this state shall pay the registration fee specified herein as if he or she had a place of business in this state.

(c) The delinquency fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the renewal fee for a license in effect on the date of renewal of the license, except as otherwise provided in Section 163.5.

This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 354, Sec. 63) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 110. Effective January 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 111 of Ch. 332.)