20-167. Fees; definition

A. The director shall collect in advance the following fees, determined by the director, which are nonrefundable on payment:

      Not Less Than:    Not More Than:

1. For filing charter documents:        

(a) Original charter documents,

 articles of incorporation,

 bylaws, or record of

 organization of insurers,

 or certified copies thereof,

 required to be filed with

 the director and not also

 subject to filing in the

 office of the corporation

 commission     $   40.00   $  115.00

(b) Amended charter documents                  15.00 45.00

(c) No charge or fee shall be

 required for filing with

 the director any of such

 documents also required

 by law to be filed in the

 office of the corporation

 commission

2. Certificate of authority:

(a) Issuance:

 Fraternal benefit societies      $   15.00   $   45.00

 Medical or hospital service

corporations, health care

services organizations or

prepaid dental plan

organizations     40.00 115.00

Mechanical reimbursement

 reinsurers     150.00      450.00

All other insurers      100.00      295.00

(b) Renewal:          

 Fraternal benefit societies      15.00 45.00

 Medical or hospital service

corporations, health care

services organizations or

prepaid dental plan

organizations     40.00 115.00

 Domestic stock life insurers,

domestic stock disability

insurers or domestic stock

life and disability insurers  750.00      2,250.00

 Domestic life reinsurers,

domestic disability

reinsurers or domestic

life and disability

reinsurers     2,250.00 5,500.00

 Mechanical reimbursement

reinsurers  2,250.00    5,500.00

 All other insurers   70.00 205.00

3. Certificate of registration as an

 administrator or application for

     renewal under section 20-485.12    $  100.00   $  295.00

4. Authority to solicit applications

 for and issue policies by means

 of mechanical vending machines   $   30.00   $   90.00

5. Service company permit    $  150.00   $  450.00

6. Application for motor vehicle

     service contract program approval  $  150.00   $  450.00

7. Life care contract application

     or annual report $  225.00   $  675.00

8. Filing annual statement   $  150.00   $  450.00

9. Annual statement filing for

 exempt insurer transacting life

 insurance, disability insurance

 or annuity business pursuant to

 section 20-401.05    $   65.00   $  100.00

10. Licenses and examinations:

(a) Licenses:   

Surplus lines broker's license,

 quadrennially      $  600.00   $1,000.00

All other licenses,

 quadrennially      60.00 180.00

(b) Examinations for license:           

Examination on laws and one kind

 of insurance   8.00  25.00

Examination on laws and two or

 more kinds of insurance    15.00 45.00

11. Miscellaneous:    

Fee accompanying service of

 process on director  $    8.00   $   25.00

Certificate of director,

 under seal     0.00  5.00

Copy of document filed in

 director's office, per page      0.50  0.75

B. Except as provided in section 20-1098.18, the director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all fees collected pursuant to this section in the state general fund. A refund is not allowed for any unused portion of a fee, and the director shall not prorate fees.

C. The license fees prescribed by this section shall be payment in full of all demands for all state, county, district and municipal license fees, license taxes, business privilege taxes and business privilege fees and charges of every kind.

D. The director may contract for the examination for licensing adjusters, insurance producers, bail bond agents, risk management consultants and surplus lines brokers. If the director does so, the fee for examinations for licenses pursuant to this section is payable directly to the contractor by the applicant for examination. The director may agree to a reasonable examination fee to be charged by the contractor.  The fee may exceed the amounts prescribed in this section.

E. The director may contract with a voluntary domestic organization of surplus lines brokers to perform any transaction prescribed in chapter 2, article 5 of this title, including the acceptance or maintenance of the reports required by section 20-408. The director may allow the contractor to charge a stamping fee. The surplus lines broker shall pay the stamping fee established pursuant to this section directly to the contractor.

F. Captive insurers shall pay certificate of authority issuance and renewal fees as prescribed by the director.

G. For the purposes of this section, "stamping fee" means a reasonable filing fee charged by a contractor for any transaction prescribed in chapter 2, article 5 of this title, including the acceptance or maintenance of the reports required by section 20-408.