1.    The following fees apply to architects and landscape architects:

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a.    Following examination, a registration fee of not more than three hundred dollars, as set by the board.

b.    When examination is not necessary under section 43-03-15, a registration fee of not more than three hundred dollars, as set by the board.

c.    A registration renewal fee, which need not be collected annually, but which must be based on no more than three hundred dollars per year, as set by the board.

d.    Fees set by the board under this subsection are not subject to chapter 28-32.

2.    If in any year the board incurs expenses related to regulation of architects and landscape architects which are in excess of the income generated through fees for that year, the board may assess a special fee to cover these excess expenses. The board may continue an annual special fee assessed under this subsection until the excess obligations are met. A certificate holder who fails to pay a special fee assessed by the board under this subsection is subject to the forfeiture provisions under section 43-03-19.

3.    Fees set by the board may not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to regulate the professions of architecture and landscape architecture.