9750-9770
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 9750-9770
9750. The amount of fees prescribed for a license or certificate of authority under this act is that fixed by the following provisions of this article. Any license or certificate of authority provided under this act that has expired may be renewed within five years of its expiration upon payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal and regulatory fees. 9750.5. The delinquent renewal fee for a license, registration, or certificate of authority under this chapter shall be 150 percent of the timely fee, but not less than the renewal fee plus twenty-five dollars ($25). 9751. The original cemetery broker's license fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than four hundred dollars ($400). 9752. The original cemetery broker's license fee is payable at the time of the filing of an application for an original cemetery broker' s license. If the applicant fails the required written examination, he or she may be permitted to take another examination upon the filing of an application for reexamination and the payment of a reexamination fee. This reexamination fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than one hundred dollars ($100). No part of any original cemetery broker's license fee or reexamination fee is refundable. It is deemed earned upon receipt by the bureau, whether the accompanying application for a license is complete or incomplete. 9753. The annual renewal fee for a cemetery broker's license shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than three hundred dollars ($300). 9754. If the licensee is a cemetery brokerage corporation, the license issued to it entitles one officer only, on behalf of the corporation, to engage in the business of a cemetery broker without the payment of a further fee, that officer to be designated in the application of the corporation for a license. For each other officer of a licensed cemetery brokerage corporation, through whom it engages in the business of a cemetery broker, the annual renewal fee, in addition to the fee paid by the corporation, shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than one hundred dollars ($100). 9755. If the licensee is a cemetery brokerage copartnership, the license issued to it entitles one member only of the copartnership to engage on behalf of the copartnership in the business of a cemetery broker, which member shall be designated in the application of the copartnership for a license. For each other member of the copartnership who on behalf of the copartnership engages in the business of a cemetery broker, the annual renewal fee, in addition to the fee paid by the copartnership, shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than one hundred dollars ($100). 9756. The cemetery salesperson's license fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than thirty dollars ($30). 9757. A cemetery salesperson's license fee is payable on each filing of an application for a cemetery salesperson's license. 9759. The annual renewal fee for a cemetery salesperson's license shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than twenty-five dollars ($25). 9760. For a branch office broker's license, the fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than one hundred dollars ($100). 9760.5. The cremated remains disposer registration fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100). 9760.6. The renewal fee for a cremated remains disposer registration shall be fifty dollars ($50). 9761. For change of name or of address of licensee on the records of the bureau, the fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than twenty-five dollars ($25). 9762. For transfer of a salesperson's license on change of employer, the fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than twenty-five dollars ($25). 9763. For a duplicate license the fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than twenty-five dollars ($25). 9764. For reinstatement of a license within the fiscal year, the fee shall be fixed by the bureau at not more than twenty-five dollars ($25). As used in this section, "reinstatement of a license" means the reissuance of a canceled cemetery broker's license, or a cemetery salesperson's license which was canceled during the year for which it was issued upon the salesperson's withdrawal from the employ of a cemetery broker. 9764.1. (a) The fee for a crematory manager examination and reexamination may not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). (b) The license fee to obtain a crematory manager license may not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). (c) The renewal fee for a crematory manager license may not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). 9764.2. (a) The fee for a cemetery manager examination and reexamination may not exceed nine hundred dollars ($900). (b) The license fee to obtain a cemetery manager license may not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). (c) The renewal fee for a cemetery manager license may not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). 9764.3. The fee for filing a report of a change of designated manager or a request for approval to share a designated cemetery manager shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50). 9765. Every cemetery authority operating a cemetery shall pay an annual regulatory charge for each cemetery to be fixed by the bureau at not more than four hundred dollars ($400). In addition to an annual regulatory charge for each cemetery, an additional quarterly charge to be fixed by the bureau at not more than eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) for each burial, entombment, or inurnment made during the preceding quarter shall be paid to the bureau and these charges shall be deposited in the Cemetery Fund. If the cemetery authority performs a burial, entombment, or inurnment, and the cremation was performed at a crematory located on the grounds of the cemetery and under common ownership with the cemetery authority, the total of all additional charges shall be not more than eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50). 9766. Upon payment of the charges set forth, the bureau shall issue a renewal of the certificate of authority to the cemetery authority. 9767. Failure to pay the charges set forth by Section 9765 of this code prior to February 1st for each year shall be cause for suspension of the certificate of authority. The certificate may be restored upon payment to the bureau of the prescribed charges. 9768. It is a misdemeanor for any cemetery corporation to make any interments without a valid certificate of authority. Each interment shall be a separate violation. 9769. All moneys received by the bureau under the provisions of this chapter shall be accounted for and reported by detailed statements furnished by the bureau to the Controller at least once a month, and at the same time these moneys shall be remitted to the Treasurer, and, upon order of the Controller, shall be deposited in the Cemetery Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is hereby created. 9770. All money paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Cemetery Fund shall be expended in accordance with law for the payment of all actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act.