17:16C-82 License fees payable by home financing agency.

21. (a) With respect to a license fee imposed prior to the implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C.17:1C-33 et al.), every home financing agency shall pay to the commissioner at the time of making the application and biennially thereafter upon renewal a license fee for its principal place of business and for each additional place of business conducted in this State. The commissioner shall charge for a license such fee as he shall prescribe by rule or regulation. Each fee shall not exceed $600. The license shall run from the date of issuance to the end of the licensing period of not less than two years as set by the commissioner by regulation. Upon implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C.17:1C-33 et al.), a license fee shall no longer be imposed or collected by the commissioner pursuant to this section, however a home financing agency shall pay to the commissioner at the time of application a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $600.

(b) With respect to a license fee imposed prior to the implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C.17:1C-33 et al.), every home repair contractor shall pay to the commissioner at the time of making the application and biennially thereafter upon renewal a license fee for its principal place of business and for each additional place of business conducted in this State. The commissioner shall charge for a license such fee as he shall prescribe by rule or regulation. Each fee shall not exceed $300. The license shall run from the date of issuance to the end of the licensing period of not less than two years as set by the commissioner by regulation. Upon implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C.17:1C-33 et al.), a license fee shall no longer be imposed or collected by the commissioner pursuant to this section, however a home repair contractor shall pay to the commissioner at the time of application a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $300.

(c) With respect to a license fee imposed prior to the implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C.17:1C-33 et al.), every home repair salesman shall pay to the commissioner at the time of making the application and biennially thereafter upon renewal a license fee. The commissioner shall charge for a license such fee as he shall prescribe by rule or regulation, not to exceed $60. The license shall run from the date of issuance to the end of the licensing period of not less than two years as set by the commissioner by regulation. Upon implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C.17:1C-33 et al.), a license fee shall no longer be imposed or collected by the commissioner pursuant to this section, however a home repair salesman shall pay to the commissioner at the time of application a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $60.

L.1960,c.40,s.21; amended 1968, c.220, s.12; 1971, c.57, s.2; 1981, c.321, ss.3,13; 2005, c.199, s.21; 2007, c.81, s.21.