§ 9231

The license application fee and license renewal fee under this chapter for an establishment proposing to produce or producing animal blood and blood component products from a closed-colony blood bank shall be as follows:

(a) The application and annual license fee shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each establishment, which shall be the fee for the fiscal year, or portion thereof, ending June 30 of each year. When an applicant is a city, county, state, or district, or an official thereof, no fee shall be required under this section.

(b) Licenses shall be renewed every year. The annual renewal fee shall be paid on or before the first day of July of each year.

(c) The license application fee and licensee renewal fee under this chapter shall be adjusted annually for inflation. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar.

(d) The department may set inspection fees in an amount that shall not exceed the department’s reasonable regulatory costs incurred in connection with implementing this chapter. The fees shall include amounts sufficient to repay any amount loaned from the General Fund to establish the program.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 752, Sec. 16. (AB 1282) Effective January 1, 2022.)