§ 56-4.1002. Fees and bonds—Additional fees.

(a)

After the approval of a permit application, and before a permit may be issued, in addition to permit application fees and permit renewal fees, the following permit fees shall be payable to the tax collector:

(1)

For each person engaging peddlers or solicitors, one hundred fifty dollars per year. In addition to this fee, five dollars shall be paid on account of each peddler or solicitor employed;

(2)

For each person acting individually as a peddler or solicitor, sixty dollars per year, payable quarterly in the sum of fifteen dollars, for a three month permit.

(b)

Interstate commerce exemption provisions shall be as follows:

(1)

Applicants whose peddling or solicitation consists exclusively of the solicitation of orders to be filled solely by interstate shipment on behalf of businesses who do not maintain a place of intrastate business in the state of California are exempt from the permit fee required by subsection (a).

(2)

This exemption shall be claimed yearly by filing by the applicant with the tax collector the following declaration, under penalty of perjury:

"I declare that my business activity under the Contra Costa County solicitors' and peddlers' law (Chapter 56-4) will consist exclusively of the solicitation of orders to be filled solely by interstate shipment from businesses who do not maintain a place of intrastate business in the state of California."

(3)

Applicants who claim this exemption shall receive a permit restricted to the solicitation of orders to be filled solely by interstate shipment from businesses who do not maintain a place of intrastate business in the state of California; any other peddling or soliciting by such persons without having first paid the permit fee and received an unrestricted permit is prohibited.

(Ord. 1961: prior code § 6225: Ord. 1399).