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(a) Each refuse collector who is granted an exclusive franchise by the Board of Supervisors to collect solid waste shall pay the County for the privilege of said franchise a fee in the amount of nine percent (9%) of its gross receipts collected in the exercise of the franchise; except that when the refuse collector also provides for collection of recyclables under grant of a nonexclusive franchise, the franchise fee shall be nine percent (9%) of adjusted gross receipts, or such other amount as specified in the franchise agreement. The method of calculating adjusted gross receipts shall be set forth in the franchise agreement.

(b) Except as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, each collector who is granted a nonexclusive franchise for the collection of recyclables shall, if a fee is charged for such collection, pay to the County for the privilege of said franchise a fee in the amount of one percent (1%) of the gross receipts from collection, exclusive of revenue from the sale of collected materials.

(c) Payment shall be made on a monthly basis with payment for each calendar month due on the fifteenth day of the following month. Payments made later than the twenty-fifth day of the following month shall be subject to a ten percent (10%) penalty on the amount due.

(d) Each collector shall keep records of the gross receipts obtained in the exercise of the contracts, and the County shall have the right to audit and examine such records, or the collector may elect to hire an independent certified public accountant approved by the Auditor-Controller to perform an audit, as an alternative to examination by the County. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2696, § 2, 6/14/2022)