5480.  The fees for licenses and permits prescribed by this chapter
are in lieu of all other license and permit fees required by the laws
of the state or of any political subdivision thereof for the
privilege of engaging in the outdoor advertising business or placing
advertising display within view of the public highways in
unincorporated areas.



5481.  All license, permit, application, and renewal fees, and all
fines, collected by the director and his or her authorized agents in
accordance with this chapter shall be deposited in the State Highway
Account in the State Transportation Fund, except that 20 percent of
all fees and fines collected by county clerks appointed by the
director shall be retained by the county in which the fees are
collected.  All money received by the state from the United States
pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 131 of Title 23 of the United
States Code shall be deposited in the same account.  All fees and
fines shall be accounted for by the director in the manner provided
by law.



5482.  Any display owner who does not remove an advertising display
that is placed or maintained in violation of this chapter and is
removed and destroyed by the director or any authorized employee
pursuant to Section 5463, shall pay to the director a fine in an
amount equivalent to any costs related to that removal and
destruction.



5483.  The expense of administering this chapter is under the
control of the director.  Money in the State Highway Account in the
State Transportation Fund shall be available for the administration
and enforcement of this chapter upon appropriation by the Legislature
or when made available pursuant to Section 13322 of the Government
Code.



5484.  (a) The license fee is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for
an original license and for each annual renewal thereof for any
applicant maintaining six or less sign or structure permits, or both,
except where the applicant has engaged in the business of outdoor
advertising without a valid, unrevoked and unexpired license, the fee
for any issuance of the first license thereafter is three hundred
fifty dollars ($350), one hundred dollars ($100) of which is the
penalty.
   (b) The license fee is five hundred dollars ($500) for an original
license and for each annual renewal for any applicant maintaining
seven or more sign or structure permits, or both, except where the
applicant has engaged in the business of outdoor advertising without
a valid, unrevoked and unexpired license, the fee for any issuance of
the first license thereafter is six hundred dollars ($600), one
hundred dollars ($100) of which is the penalty.



5485.  (a) The permit fee for each advertising sign is  twenty
dollars ($20) for an original permit and for each year the permit is
operative, except where the applicant has placed or maintained the
sign without a valid, unrevoked, and unexpired permit therefor, the
fee for any issuance of the first permit thereafter is  ninety-five
dollars ($95), seventy-five dollars ($75) of which is the penalty.
   (b) The permit fee for an advertising structure for the original
permit and for each year the permit is operative is twenty dollars
($20), except where the applicant has placed or maintained the
structure without a valid, unrevoked, and unexpired permit therefor,
the fee for any issuance of the first permit thereafter is
ninety-five dollars ($95), seventy-five dollars ($75) of which is the
penalty.



5486.  In addition to the fees set forth in Section 5485, no
application for an original permit to place an advertising structure
shall be accepted by the department unless it is also accompanied by
an application fee of three hundred dollars ($300).  The application
fee shall be retained by the department whether or not a permit is
issued.
   An applicant may request a preliminary determination as to whether
a proposed structure and location would be legally eligible for a
state permit upon submission of a fee  of two hundred dollars ($200),
one hundred dollars ($100) of which shall be credited toward an
application fee for an original permit at this location if a permit
is applied for within one year of the response to the request for
preliminary determination.