(a) Uniform business license tax fee payments collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 7232 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. All other funds collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 7232 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. The following fees shall be paid to the department:

1. (1) For-hire motor carriers of property shall pay, according to the schedule in subdivision (c), fees indicated as the safety fee, Carrier Inspection Fee, and uniform business license tax fee, based on the size of their motor vehicle fleet.

2. (2)

   1. (A) Private carriers of property with a fleet size of 10 or less motor vehicles shall pay a safety fee of thirty-five dollars ($35). Private carriers of property with a fleet size of 11 or more motor vehicles shall pay, according to the schedule in subdivision (c), fees indicated as the safety fee, based on the size of their motor vehicle fleet. Any carrier that does not pay a uniform business license tax fee shall not operate as a for-hire motor carrier.
   2. (B) Private carriers of property shall pay, according to the schedule of fees in subdivision (c), fees indicated as the carrier inspection fee based on the size of the motor vehicle fleet.

(c)

1. (1) A seasonal permit may be issued to a motor carrier of property upon payment of fees indicated as the safety fee and one-twelfth of the fee indicated as the uniform business license tax fee, rounded to the next dollar, for each month the permit is valid. The original seasonal permit shall be valid for a period of not less than six months, and may be renewed upon payment of a five-dollar ($5) fee, and one-twelfth of the fee indicated as a uniform business license tax fee for each additional month of operation.

   Fleet—Size Commercial Vehicles Fee	Safety Fee	Uniform Business License Tax	Carrier Inspection Fee
   1
   $60	$60	$130
   2-4	75	125	152
   5-10	200	275	252
   11-20	240	470	573
   21-35	325	650	743
   36-50	430	880	961
   51-100	535	1,075	1,112
   101-200	635	1,300	1,463
   201-500	730	1,510	1,512
   501-1,000	830	1,715	1,600
   1,001-2,000	930	1,900	1,800
   2,001-over	1,030	2,000	2,114

2. (2) Notwithstanding the fee schedule in paragraph (1), except for the carrier inspection fee, motor carriers of property with 10 or fewer trucks shall not pay fees higher than they would have paid under the fee schedule applicable as of January 1, 1996.

(d) Failure to pay fees required by this section, within the appropriate timeframe, shall result in additional delinquent fees as follows:

1. (1) For a delinquency period of more than 30 days and less than one year, the penalty is 60 percent of the required fee.
2. (2) For a delinquency period of one to two years, the penalty is 80 percent of the required fee.
3. (3) For a delinquency period of more than two years, the penalty is 160 percent of the required fee.