California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 8 — Special Business RegulationsChapter 3 — Home FurnishingsArticle 9 — EnforcementSection 19213.1
The bureau may require a licensee who sells or manufactures furniture and bedding products that are inspected and found not to be in compliance with this chapter, or any regulation implementing it, to pay those reasonable fees as are necessary to cover the costs of inspections and testing necessary to investigate and enforce compliance by those licenses. Fees shall be fixed in an amount not more than the cost of testing and inspection except that the minimum fee shall be two hundred dollars ($200) for each test or inspection. The range of fees for testing or inspection shall be fixed by the bureau in an amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each test or inspection. Where a fee is not paid, the full amount of the assessed fee shall be added to the fee for the renewal of a license. A license shall not be renewed without payment of the renewal fee and all fees for testing and inspection.
Notes
Allows the bureau to charge furniture or bedding licensees whose products fail inspection reasonable testing and inspection costs, with fees set from $200 to $500 for each test or inspection. Unpaid assessed fees are added to the license renewal fee, and the license may not be renewed until the renewal fee and all testing and inspection fees are paid.
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