20-167. Fees
A. The director shall collect in advance the following fees, as adjusted pursuant
to subsection F of this section, 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 upon director $ 8.00 $ 25.00
Certificate of director,
under seal 1.50 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. Each domestic stock life or disability insurer that pays the renewal fee
required under subsection A of this section is entitled to a credit in the amount of at
least four hundred fifty-five dollars but not more than six hundred eighty dollars, as
adjusted pursuant to subsection F of this section, to apply to the premium tax the
insurer then owes pursuant to section 20-224, but the credit is not cumulative.
E. The director may contract for the examination for the licensing of 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.
F. Each December 1, if the revenue collected from fees during the prior fiscal year
is less than ninety-five per cent or more than one hundred ten per cent of the
appropriated budget for the current fiscal year, the director shall revise all fees
within the limits prescribed by subsection A of this section on a uniform percentage
basis among all fee categories and shall adjust the credit prescribed by subsection D of
this section as necessary in order to retain any required uniformity. The director shall
revise the fees in such a manner that the revenue derived from the fees during the
subsequent fiscal year equals at least ninety-five per cent but not more than one hundred
ten per cent of the appropriated budget for the current fiscal year. The revised fee
schedule shall be effective July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year. For the purposes of
this subsection, appropriated budget does not include any appropriation for the operation
of the captive insurance program established under chapter 4, article 14 of this title.
Any fees collected from captive insurers pursuant to subsection H of this section shall
not be counted for the purpose of meeting the requirement of this section to recover at
least ninety-five but not more than one hundred ten per cent of the department's
appropriated budget.
G. 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.
H. Captive insurers shall pay certificate of authority issuance and renewal fees as
prescribed by the director.
I. For the purposes of subsection G 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.
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