(1) The association shall pay to the division of insurance the fees as prescribed pursuant to section 10-3-207 (4).

(2) (a) Each agent, solicitor, special agent, or salaried representative soliciting business in this state shall be licensed by the division of insurance upon application of the association and shall be subject to the insurance licensing laws of the state. The fee for the initial license is five dollars, and the fee for filing each annual notice of intention to keep the agent's license in force is two dollars.

(b) Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the commissioner by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of one or more of the fees if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of one or more of the fees is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the commissioner by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of one or more of the fees as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.

(3) The association shall render an annual statement of accounts and such records of the financial condition of the association as may be required by the commissioner, who shall furnish forms for this purpose. The commissioner shall have the same supervisory authority over such association as is provided by law in the case of other insurance companies and associations, and the commissioner shall collect two and one-fourth percent premium tax from each of the associations or companies as provided in section 10-3-209.