(a)
A weighmaster shall pay to the department the following license fee for each license year as applicable to the operation:
(1)
Seventy-five dollars ($75) if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location.
(2)
Thirty dollars ($30) for each additional fixed location at which the weighmaster is operating.
(3)
Two hundred dollars ($200) if the
weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location.
(4)
Twenty dollars ($20) for each deputy weighmaster.
(b)
In addition to the license fees set forth in subdivision (a), a weighmaster who is a recycler or a junk dealer as defined in Section 21601 or is performing services on behalf of a recycler or junk dealer shall also pay to the department
the following license fee for each license year as applicable to the operation:
(1)
Five hundred dollars ($500) if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location.
(2)
Five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional fixed location at which the weighmaster is operating.
(3)
Five hundred dollars ($500) if the weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location.
(c)
“License year” means the period of time beginning with the first day of the month the weighmaster is required to be licensed in this state, and ending on the date designated by the
secretary for expiration of the license, or yearly intervals after the first renewal.
(d)
“Location” means a premise on which weighing, measuring, or counting devices are used.
(e)
This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.