(1) A fee for filing an application with the department must be paid at the time the application is filed with the department and is not refundable. A person shall pay the department:
- (a) $5,000 for filing an application for a license;
- (b) $1,250 for filing an application for approval to acquire control of a licensee;
- (c) $1,250 for filing an application for approval for a merger, purchase, or sale under 32-11-303. If two or more applications relating to the same merger, purchase, or sale are filed, the fee for filing each application is the figure resulting from dividing $1,250 by the number of the applications.
- (2) A licensee shall pay $2,500 each calendar year at a time established by the department.
(3) The department shall establish by rule a fee for the examination of a licensee or an affiliate or subsidiary of a licensee. The fee must be paid within 30 days after receiving a statement from the department. A fee established under this subsection must include:
- (a) the proportionate part of the salaries and cost of employee benefits of the examiners while conducting the examination and while preparing the examination report; and
- (b) the transportation costs and per diem costs of each examiner while away from the examiner's place of employment.
- (4) Fees collected under this section must be deposited in the special revenue account established in subsection (5).
- (5) There is a special revenue account to the credit of the department for use in administering this chapter.
History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 411, L. 2007.