(a) Exemptions from license requirements provided in Section 15051 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall apply only to retail stores selling bagged or packaged commercial feed labeled by a licensed feed manufacturer.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2015, the annual commercial feed license fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each location.

(c) The annual commercial feed license fee for firms solely engaged in the diversion of human food by-products as defined under Section 2804 without further manufacturing/processing beyond what is stated in the ingredient definition shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each location.

(d) The commercial feed license fee is non-refundable and shall not be reduced to cover a fraction of a year.

(e) If a license is not renewed within one calendar month following its expiration, a late fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be added to the fee. To renew an expired license, a licensee shall be required to pay all past due license fees, tonnage tax, and applicable late fees for each year the licensee conducted commercial feed business with an expired license.

(f) A commercial feed licensee shall notify the Department within thirty (30) calendar days if any of the information provided on the license application or renewal changes after the license is issued.

(g) The Department shall send any notices to the address provided on the license application, renewal or provided to the Department pursuant to (f), whichever is most current. Any notices issued shall be considered effective, even if delivery is refused or if the notice is not accepted at the address provided.