A. When accepting an application for an initial or renewal license, the board is authorized to collect an assessment not in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars.

            B. If the license renewal is delinquent, the board is further authorized to collect a delinquent renewal assessment as follows:

            (1) If the renewal application is submitted during the period of January first to February fifteenth, an amount not in excess of one hundred fifty dollars.

            (2) If the renewal application is submitted during the period of February sixteenth to June thirtieth, an amount not in excess of three hundred dollars.

            C. If an initial license is issued after January first of any year, the assessment shall be prorated to the remaining portion of the year ending December thirty-first.

            D. The provisions of this Section shall expire on December 31, 2026.

            Acts 2011, No. 114, §1; Acts 2013, No. 31, §1, eff. May 29, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 259, §1; Acts 2017, No. 11, §1; Acts 2019, No. 252, §1; Acts 2022, No. 415, §1, eff. June 15, 2022.

NOTE: See Acts 2011, No. 114, §§2, 3, relative to licenses issued on or after certain dates.