(A)

1. (1) Unless otherwise changed by regulation or statute, the following fees are applicable to producer licenses, agency licenses, and insurer appointments:

   1. (a) initial producer license fee: twenty-five dollars; biennial producer license renewal fee: twenty-five dollars;
   2. (b) local appointment initial and biennial fee: forty dollars; special appointment initial and biennial fee: one hundred dollars; general appointment initial and biennial fee: one hundred dollars;
   3. (c) agency initial and biennial license fee: forty dollars.
2. (2) However, the license and appointment fee applicable to a producer of a common carrier who sells only transportation ticket policies on accident and health insurance or baggage insurance on personal effects is twenty dollars.

(B) The fees provided for in subsection (A)(1)(b) are subject to the following requirements on each appointment basis:

1. (1) initial fees are due and payable in advance of the appointment;
2. (2) fees are due on a biennial basis and must be paid to the department by September thirtieth of an even-numbered year;
3. (3) if a fee is not paid by September thirtieth of an even-numbered year, the appointment must be canceled; and
4. (4) an appointment must be reactivated if by December first of the even-numbered year the appointment fee and a two hundred fifty-dollar penalty has been paid to the department.