The fees prescribed by this chapter are the following:

(a) A duplicate license fee of not more than two dollars ($2).

(b) A fee for filing a change of name of a licensee of not more than two dollars ($2).

(c) An operator‘s examination fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(d) An operator’s license fee of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(e) An operator’s license renewal fee of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(f) A company registration fee of not more than one hundred twenty dollars ($120).

(g) A branch office registration fee of not more than sixty dollars ($60).

(h) A field representative‘s examination fee of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75).

(i) A field representative’s license fee of not more than forty-five dollars ($45).

(j) A field representative’s license renewal fee of not more than forty-five dollars ($45).

(k) An applicator‘s examination fee of not more than sixty dollars ($60).

(l) An applicator’s license fee of not more than fifty dollars ($50).

(m) An applicator’s license renewal fee of not more than fifty dollars ($50).

(n) An activity form fee, per property address, of not more than five dollars ($5).

(o) A fee for certifying a copy of an activity form of not more than three dollars ($3).

(p) A fee for filing a change of a registered company’s name, principal office address, or branch office address, qualifying manager, or the names of a registered company’s officers, or bond or insurance of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) for each change.

(q) A fee for approval of continuing education providers of not more than fifty dollars ($50).

(r) A pesticide use report filing fee of not more than five dollars ($5) for each pesticide use report or combination of use reports representing a registered structural pest control company’s total county pesticide use for the month.

(s) A fee for approval of continuing education courses of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25).

(t) (1) Any person who pays a fee pursuant to subdivision (r) shall, in addition, pay a fee of two dollars ($2) for each pesticide use stamp or stamp number purchased from the board. Notwithstanding any other law, the fee established pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited into the Structural Pest Control Research Fund that is hereby continued in existence and continuously appropriated to be used only for structural pest control research.

(2) A charge for administrative expenses of the board in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the amount collected and deposited in the Structural Pest Control Research Fund may be assessed against the fund. The charge shall be limited to expenses directly related to the administration of the fund.

(3) The board shall, by regulation, establish a five-member research advisory panel, including, but not limited to, representatives from the Structural Pest Control Board, the structural pest control industry, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, and the University of California. The panel, or other entity designated by the board, shall solicit on behalf of the board all requests for proposals and present to the panel all proposals that meet the criteria established by the panel. The panel shall review the proposals and recommend to the board which proposals to accept. The recommendations shall be accepted upon a two-thirds vote of the board. The board shall direct the panel, or other entity designated by the board, to prepare and issue the research contracts and authorize the transfer of funds from the Structural Pest Control Research Fund to the applicants whose proposals were accepted by the board.

(4) A charge for requests for proposals, contracts, and monitoring of contracted research shall not exceed 5 percent of the research funds available each year and shall be paid from the Structural Pest Control Research Fund.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 572, Sec. 16. (SB 1481) Effective January 1, 2019.)