1.    A surplus lines producer is liable for a fine up to twenty-five dollars for each day of delinquency, not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars for each failure or refusal to file, if the producer:

a.    Fails or refuses to file the report of placement as required under section 26.1-44-02;     b.    Fails or refuses to file the endorsement, audit, or cancellation as required under section 26.1-44-06.1; or

c.    Fails or refuses to make and file the annual tax statement or pay the tax no later than March first as required under section 26.1-44-06.1.

2.    The tax and fine may be recovered in an action to be instituted by the commissioner in the name of the state, the attorney general representing the commissioner, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the fine, when so collected, must be paid to the state treasurer and placed to the credit of the general fund. The commissioner, if satisfied that the delay in filing the annual tax statement, report of placement, endorsement, audit cancellation, or the payment of the tax was excusable, may waive all or any part of the fine. The commissioner may revoke or suspend the surplus lines producer’s license if any surplus lines producer fails to make and file the annual tax statement and pay the taxes, refuses to allow the commissioner to inspect and examine the producer’s records of the business transacted by the producer pursuant to this chapter, or fails to keep the records in the manner required by the commissioner.

3.    If the license of a surplus lines producer is revoked, whether by the action of the commissioner or by judicial proceedings, another license may not be issued to that surplus lines producer until two years have elapsed from the effective date of the revocation, nor until all taxes and fines are paid, nor until the commissioner is satisfied that full compliance with this chapter will be had.