2005 California Financial Code Sections 33300-33302 Article 6. Fees and Assessments

33300.  (a) Each fee for filing an application with the commissioner
shall be paid at the time when such application is filed with the
commissioner.
   (b) No fee for filing an application with the commissioner shall
be refundable, regardless of whether such application is approved,
denied, withdrawn, or abandoned.
33301.  Fees shall be paid to, and collected by, the commissioner,
as follows:
   (a) The fee for filing with the commissioner an application for a
license shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000).
   (b) The fee for issuing a license shall be twenty-five dollars
($25).
   (c) Whenever the commissioner examines any licensee or any
California agent of a licensee, that licensee shall pay, within 10
days after receipt of a statement from the commissioner, a fee of
seventy-five dollars ($75) per hour for each examiner engaged in the
examination plus, in case it is necessary for any examiner engaged in
the examination to travel outside this state, the travel expenses of
the examiner.
33302.  In this section, "licensee" means any licensee, as defined
in Section 33055, or any person licensed under Chapter 14A
(commencing with Section 1851) of Division 1.
   The commissioner shall annually assess and collect from licensees
on a pro rata basis an amount which is, in his or her judgment,
sufficient to meet his or her expenses in administering the
provisions of this division and of Chapter 14A (commencing with
Section 1851) of Division 1 and to provide a reasonable reserve for
contingencies.
   The amount of the annual assessment on any licensee shall not
exceed the sum of the products determined by multiplying (a)
increments of the aggregate face amount of payment instruments and
travelers checks issued by the licensee and sold in this state by the
licensee, directly or indirectly through agents, in the calendar
year next preceding the date of such assessment, by (b) percentages
of the base assessment rate, according to the following table:
      Aggregate face
     amount of payment
      instruments and                              Percentage
   traveler's checks sold                            of base
       (in millions)                             assessment rate
          First $1 ..........................         100.0
          Next $9 ...........................          25.0
          Next $40 ..........................          12.5
          Next $50 ..........................           6.0
          Next $400 .........................           3
          Next $500 .........................           2
          Excess over $1,000 ................           1
   The base assessment rate shall be fixed from time to time by the
commissioner but shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per one thousand
dollars ($1,000) face amount of payment instruments and traveler's
checks sold.