58-4107. Fees.

58-4107

Chapter 58.--PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY
Part 6.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Article 41.--REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS

      58-4107.   Fees.(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations prescribingthe fees provided for by this act in amounts necessary to administer andenforce this act, subject to the following:

      (1)   For application for certification or licensure, a fee not to exceed$50.

      (2)   For any examination required for certification or licensure, a feein an amount equal to the actual cost of the examination and administrationthereof.

      (3)   For original or renewal certification or licensure, a fee not toexceed $300.

      (4)   For late renewal of a certificate or license, a late fee notto exceed $50.

      (5)   For certification to another jurisdiction that an individualis certified or licensed, an amount not exceeding $25.

      (6)   For approval of a course of instruction approved pursuant toK.S.A. 58-4105, and amendments thereto, an amount not toexceed $100.

      (7)   For renewal of a course of instruction approved pursuant toK.S.A. 58-4105, and amendments thereto, an amount not toexceed $25.

      (8)   For reinstatement of active status of a certificate or license, a feenot to exceed $50.

      If a certificate or license is issued orrenewed for a period other thanone year, the fee shall be prorated to the nearest whole month.

      (b)   The board may prescribe a fee not to exceed $50 forregistration ofan appraiser pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A.58-4103, and amendments thereto.

      (c)   The board may establish different classes of courses ofinstruction for the purpose of establishing fees pursuant to subsections (a)(6)and (7) and may establish a different fee for each such class.

      (d)   In addition to the fees prescribed above, the boardshall collect any registry fee required pursuant to federal law. Such registryfees shall be transmitted by the board to the appraisalsubcommittee ofthe federal financial institutions examination council in accordance withfederal law.

      (e)   Except as provided in subsection (f),the board shall collect all feesprovided for by this act. Nooriginal orrenewed certificate or license shall be issued unless all appropriate fees,including any federal registry fee, have been paid.

      (f)   If a testing service has been designated by the boardtoadminister the examination, each applicant shall pay the examination fee to thetesting service.

      (g)   The director of the board shall remitall moneys, received pursuant tothis act to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions ofK.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto.Uponreceipt of each such remittance, the state treasurershall deposit the entire amount in thestate treasury. Twenty percent of each such deposit, other than amountscollected for federal registry fees or for civil fines imposed pursuant toK.S.A. 58-4118, and amendments thereto, shall becredited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to theappraiser fee fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Allexpenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriationsacts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant tovouchers approved by the chairperson of theboard or by aperson or personsdesignated by the chairperson.

      (h)   All amounts collected for federal registry fees shallbecredited totally to the federal registry clearing fund, which is hereby createdin the state treasury. All disbursements from the federal registry clearingfund shall be made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issuedpursuant to vouchers approved by the chairperson of the boardor by a personor persons designated by the chairperson. Amounts credited tothe federal registryclearing fund under this section shall not be subject to any limitationsimposed by any appropriations act of the legislature.

      History:   L. 1990, ch. 270, § 7;L. 1991, ch. 164, § 7;L. 1992, ch. 12, § 3;L. 1993, ch. 267, § 5;L. 2001, ch. 5, § 204;L. 2007, ch. 96, § 3; July 1.