(a) An annual registration fee shall be charged for the calendar year, or any part thereof, for all weighing and measuring instruments requiring a registration certificate as provided for in California Business and Professions Code Section 12240. The annual registration fee shall be set at the amount necessary to recover the costs incurred in inspecting or testing the devices. The fee amounts shall not exceed the County's total cost of actually inspecting or testing the devices as required by law, up to the maximum amounts set in California Business and Professions Code Section 12240 as may be amended from time to time.
(b) Any person failing to obtain a registration certificate before using any weighing or measuring instrument for commercial purposes, or to renew a certificate on or before March 31 of each year, shall be required to pay, in addition to the registration fee, fifty dollars ($50.00) to reimburse the Department for its costs to obtain payment of the required registration fee. If the Department is required to refer collection of the delinquent fee to the County Office of Revenue and Reimbursement, then a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) administrative fee shall also be paid by the person failing to timely pay the required annual device registration fee in order to reimburse the Department for its costs incurred for this referral. (§ 1, Ord. 1065, eff. December 24, 1987, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1277, eff. February 7, 2002, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1341, eff. February 9, 2006, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1440, eff. May 29, 2014)