(

a) Except as provided in subdivision (

c) of

Section 40200.4, an issuing agency may elect to contract with the county, with a private vendor, or with any other city or county processing agency, other than the Department of the California Highway Patrol or other state law enforcement agency, within the county, with the consent of that other entity, for the processing of notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations, prior to filing with the court pursuant to

Section 40230. If an issuing agency contracts with a private vendor for processing services, it shall give special consideration to minority business enterprise participation in providing those services. For purposes of this subdivision, “special consideration” has the same meaning as specified in subdivision (

c) of

Section of the Government Code, as it relates to small business preference. (

b) A contract entered pursuant to subdivision (

a) shall provide for monthly distribution of amounts collected between the parties, except those amounts payable to a county pursuant to

Chapter 12 (commencing with

Section 76000) of Title of the Government Code and amounts payable to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to

Section of this code. (

c) If a contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (

a) includes the provision of qualified examiners or administrative hearing providers, the contract shall be based on either a fixed monthly rate or on the number of notices processed and shall not include incentives for the processing entity based on the number of notices upheld or denied or the amount of fines collected.