(a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, inspection fees shall be paid at the point of inspection.

(b) The fee for inspection is one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each animal that is inspected, except as follows:

(1) The fee for inspection at a registered feedlot, as defined in Section 20015, is seventy-five cents ($0.75) for each animal that is inspected.

(2) The fee for inspecting an animal that originated in another state and was shipped into this state for feeding direct to a registered feedlot is fifty cents ($0.50) for each animal that is inspected.

(3) The fee for inspecting an animal that was inspected at a posted stockyard, or posted saleyard, in this state, and shipped direct to a registered feedlot, is fifty cents ($0.50) for each animal that is inspected.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 324, Sec. 3. (AB 1801) Effective January 1, 2020.)