(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Displaced” means a condition in which the person or business is unable to return to the address of record or other address associated with the license before experiencing economic hardship.

Terms Used In California Government Code 11009.5

  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(2) “Economic hardship” means the inability to pay living or business expenses, unless otherwise defined by a state agency pursuant to subdivision (c).

(3) “Emergency” means an emergency as defined in Section 8558 or a declared federal emergency.

(4) “License” includes, but is not limited to, a certificate, registration, or other required document to engage in business.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that issues any business license may establish a process for a person or business that has been displaced or is experiencing economic hardship as a result of an emergency to submit an application, that the agency may grant, for a reduction or waiver of any fees required by the agency to obtain a license, renew or activate a license, or replace a physical license for display.

(c) A fee or waiver process established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall specify, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) The methodology used by the agency for determining whether a person, as a result of an emergency, has been displaced or is experiencing economic hardship.

(2) The procedure for applying for a reduction or fee waiver.

(3) That the application shall be made within one year of the date on which the emergency was proclaimed or declared.

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. (SB 601) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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