Asbestos abatement entities performing asbestos projects shall, before beginning work on a project, obtain an asbestos abatement license from the department. The license must be obtained for each project, and the fee for the license is based on the square footage or linear footage of asbestos to be removed as follows:

1. (1) for projects, excluding special projects, removing less than two hundred fifty square feet or linear feet of asbestos - twenty-five dollars;
2. (2) for projects removing between two hundred fifty and ten thousand square feet or linear feet of asbestos - ten cents for each square foot or linear foot;

3. (3) for projects removing more than ten thousand square feet or linear feet - one thousand dollars.

   The department shall retain the fees imposed by this section.

   The department may prescribe appropriate license application forms and may require attachment thereto documentation sufficient to verify that the appropriate fee is paid. The department may by regulation define a category of special projects and prescribe alternate procedures and fees for licensing special projects.

   The department shall retain the fees imposed by this section.