7135.  (a) The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter
shall be deposited in the Contractors' License Fund.  All moneys in
the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall use
moneys appropriated from the fund to improve its administrative and
investigative oversight activities and capacity.



7135.1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal year
the board shall designate, if appropriated in the Budget Act and to
the extent that it does not conflict with the control language of the
Budget Act, no less than 20 percent of the annual amount collected
as a result of the fees increased by statutes enacted during the 1993
portion of the 1993-94 Regular Session to be used to enforce the
provision of this chapter relative to unlicensed activity.



7136.  The director shall designate a sum not to exceed 10 percent
of the total income of the Contractors' State License Board for each
fiscal year to be transferred to the Consumer Affairs Fund as the
board's share of the cost of administration of the department.



7137.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
fixed by the board according to the following schedule:
   (a) The application fee for an original license in a single
classification shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
   The application fee for each additional classification applied for
in connection with an original license shall be fifty dollars ($50).

   The application fee for each additional classification pursuant to
Section 7059 shall be fifty dollars ($50).
   The application fee to replace a responsible managing officer or
employee pursuant to Section 7068.2 shall be fifty dollars ($50).
   (b) The fee for rescheduling an examination for an applicant who
has applied for an original license, additional classification, a
change of responsible managing officer or responsible managing
employee, or for an asbestos certification or hazardous substance
removal certification, shall be fifty dollars ($50).
   (c) The initial license fee for an active or inactive license
shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
   (d) The renewal fee for an active license shall be three hundred
dollars ($300).
   The renewal fee for an inactive license shall be one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (e) The delinquency fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the
renewal fee, if the license is renewed more than 30 days after its
expiration.
   (f) The registration fee for a home improvement salesperson shall
be fifty dollars ($50).
   (g) The renewal fee for a home improvement salesperson
registration shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).
   (h) The application fee for an asbestos certification examination
shall be fifty dollars ($50).
   (i) The application fee for a hazardous substance removal or
remedial action certification examination shall be fifty dollars
($50).


7137.5.  The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be
transferred from the Contractors' License Fund to the Controller for
the exclusive use of the California Uniform Construction Cost
Accounting Commission.
   The commission shall prepare a recommendation to the Legislature
for a local public agency source to fund the commission beginning
July 1, 1991, which will provide revenue supported by the contract
activities represented by the commission's authority.
   Upon adoption of this funding program, the commission shall
reimburse the Contractors' License Fund in the amount of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).


7138.  An application, reapplication, or rescheduling fee paid in
connection with an application for an original license, an additional
classification, or replacement of a responsible managing officer or
employee, as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 7137,
shall accrete to the Contractors' License Fund as an earned fee.
This fee shall not be refunded, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, when the application is filed.



7138.1.  Notwithstanding Section 7137, the board, on or before July
1, 1997, shall reduce the amount of fees to be collected pursuant to
that section in order to generate revenues sufficient to maintain the
board's reserve fund at a level approximately equal to three months
of annual authorized board expenditures.  Thereafter, similar fee
collection adjustments shall be made on a biennial basis.