The fees prescribed by this chapter are those fixed in the following schedule:
(a) A locksmith license application fee shall be at least two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275).
(b) An original license fee for a locksmith license shall be at least two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275), and a renewal fee for a locksmith license shall be at least five hundred dollars ($500) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed five hundred fifty dollars ($550).
(c) A branch office initial registration fee shall be at least two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275), and a branch office renewal fee shall be at least one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165).
(d) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the reinstatement fee as required by Section 6980.28 is the amount equal to the renewal fee plus a penalty of 50 percent thereof.
(e) An initial registration fee for an employee performing the services of a locksmith shall be at least fifty-five dollars ($55) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed sixty dollars ($60).
(f) A registration renewal fee for an employee performing the services of a locksmith shall be at least forty dollars ($40) and may be increased to an amount not to exceed forty-four dollars ($44).
(g) The fingerprint processing fee is that amount charged to the bureau by the Department of Justice.
(h) All applicants seeking a license pursuant to this chapter shall also remit to the bureau the fingerprint fee that is charged to the bureau by the Department of Justice.
(i) The fee for a Certificate of Licensure, as specified in Section 6980.24, shall be at least twenty-five dollars ($25).
(j) A delinquency fee is the amount equal to the renewal fee plus a penalty of 50 percent thereof.
(k) The fee for an endorsed verification of licensure or registration shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). The verification document shall include the license or registration number, the date of issuance and expiration of the license or registration, the current license or registration status, the date of the endorsement, an embossed seal, and the signature of the chief.
(l) The fee for the replacement of a lost or destroyed registration card, license, or certificate authorized by this chapter shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). The request for a replacement of a registration card, license, or certificate shall be made in the manner prescribed by the bureau.
(m) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2018.
(Repealed (in Sec. 16) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 429, Sec. 17. (SB 547) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)