(a) Fees shall be paid to, and collected by, the commissioner, as follows:
(1) The fee for filing with the commissioner an application for a license shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(2) The fee for filing with the commissioner an application for approval to acquire control of a licensee shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(3) The fee for filing with the commissioner an application for approval for a licensee to merge with another corporation; an application for approval for a licensee to purchase all or substantially all of the business of another person, or an application for approval for a licensee to sell all or substantially all of its business or of the business of any of its offices to another licensee, shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000). However, whenever two or more applications relating to the same merger, purchase, or sale are filed with the commissioner, the fee for filing each application shall be the quotient determined by dividing one thousand dollars ($1,000) by the number of the applications.
(4) The fee for filing with the commissioner an application for approval to relocate the head office of a licensee shall be one hundred dollars ($100).
(5) The fee for issuing a license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
(6) Each person that is licensed under this division on June 1 of any year shall pay, on or before the following July 1, a fee of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(7) Whenever the commissioner examines any licensee or any affiliate of a licensee, that licensee shall pay, within 10 days after receipt of a statement from the commissioner, a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) per hour for each examiner engaged in the examination plus, in case it is necessary for any examiner engaged in the examination to travel outside this state, the travel expenses of the examiner.
(b) (1) Each fee for filing an application with the commissioner shall be paid at the time when the application is filed with the commissioner.
(2) No fee for filing an application with the commissioner shall be refundable, regardless of whether the application is approved, denied, withdrawn, or abandoned.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 375, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1998.)