1.    The commissioner shall charge and collect the following fees:

a.    For filing articles of incorporation, or copies, or amendments thereof, twenty-five dollars.

b.    For each original certificate of authority issued upon admittance and for each annual renewal thereof, one hundred dollars and for amendment to certificate of authority, or certified copy thereof, fifty dollars.

c.    For issuing an annual reciprocal exchange license, the same fees as those applicable to the issuance of a certificate of authority in subsection 2.

d.    For filing an annual report of a fraternal benefit society, and issuing a license or permit to the society, and for each renewal thereof, one hundred dollars.

e.    For filing of articles of merger, or copies thereof, thirty dollars. f.    For filing an annual statement, twenty-five dollars.

g.    For filing the abstract of the annual statement of an insurance company for publication, thirty dollars.

h.    For an official examination, the expenses of the examination at the rate adopted by the department. The rates must be reasonably related to the direct and indirect costs of the examination, including actual travel expenses, including hotel and other living expenses, compensation of the examiner and other persons making the examination, and necessary attendant administrative costs of the department directly related to the examination and must be paid by the examined insurer together with compensation upon presentation by the department to the insurer of a detailed account of the charges and expenses after a detailed statement has been filed by the examiner and approved by the department.

i.    For issuing a certificate to a domestic insurance company showing a compliance with the compulsory reserve provisions of this title and the maintenance of proper security deposits and for any renewal of the certificate, twenty-five dollars.

j. For a written licensee’s examination not administered by the office of the commissioner under a contract with a testing service, the actual cost of the examination, subject to approval of the commissioner, which must be paid to the testing service.

k.    For issuing a surplus lines insurance producer’s or insurance consultant’s license, one hundred dollars. For each annual renewal of a surplus lines insurance producer’s or insurance consultant’s license, twenty-five dollars.

l.    For issuing an insurance producer’s license, one hundred dollars.

m.    For issuing a duplicate of any license or registration issued under this title, ten dollars.

n.    For each insurance company appointment and renewal of an appointment of an insurance producer, ten dollars.

o. For each company application for admission, five hundred dollars, except applications for admission for county mutual, fraternal benefit, and surplus lines companies must be one hundred dollars.

p.    For issuing a license and each annual renewal of a license to an insurance premium finance company, one hundred dollars.

q.    For examining or investigating an insurance premium finance company, the actual expense and per diem incurred; but the per diem charge may not exceed fifty dollars.

r.    For issuing and each annual renewal of a license to an advisory organization, fifty dollars.

s.    For filing an individual insurance producer licensing continuation, twenty-five dollars.

t.    For services provided by the state fire marshal.

2.    Nonprofit health service corporations and health maintenance organizations are subject to the same fees as any other insurance company. County mutual insurance companies and benevolent societies are liable only for the fees mentioned in subdivisions b, f, g, and h of subsection 1.

3.    However, the commissioner may, after public notice and hearing, increase the fees authorized by this section for any year if it is determined necessary to generate the revenue appropriated by the legislative assembly from the insurance regulatory trust fund to fund budgeted operations for the insurance department. The insurance commissioner may not implement a fee increase pursuant to this section to enhance or in any manner add funds to the legislative appropriation for the insurance department.