South Carolina § 38-43-80 - License fees; payment by credit card.

§ 38-43-80. License fees; payment by credit card.

(A)(1) Unless otherwise changed by regulation or statute, the following fees are applicable to producer licenses, agency licenses, and insurer appointments:

(a) initial producer license fee: twenty-five dollars; biennial producer license renewal fee: twenty-five dollars;

(b) local appointment initial and biennial fee: forty dollars; special appointment initial and biennial fee: one hundred dollars; general appointment initial and biennial fee: one hundred dollars;

(c) agency initial and biennial license fee: forty dollars.

(2) However, the license and appointment fee applicable to a producer of a common carrier who sells only transportation ticket policies on accident and health insurance or baggage insurance on personal effects is twenty dollars.

(B) The fees provided for in subsection (A)(1)(b) are subject to the following requirements on each appointment basis:

(1) initial fees are due and payable in advance of the appointment;

(2) fees are due on a biennial basis and must be paid to the department by September thirtieth of an even-numbered year;

(3) if a fee is not paid by September thirtieth of an even-numbered year, the appointment must be canceled; and

(4) an appointment must be reactivated if by December first of the even-numbered year the appointment fee and a two hundred fifty-dollar penalty has been paid to the department.

(C) Fees must be paid in advance. The department shall promulgate regulations specifying the time and manner of payment of fees. If payment is rejected by the bank, the producer has thirty days from the rejection date to pay the license fee. If payment is not made to the department within this period, the license must be canceled. To reinstate the license, the producer is required to pay a license fee plus any charges resulting from rejection by the bank.

(D) Fees provided for in subsection (A)(1)(a) and (B)(4) are to be retained by the department as other funds for purposes of implementing and administering individual licensing requirements and the provisions of this title. License and appointment fees must be deposited into the general fund of this State.

(E) A fee provided for in this section may be paid by credit card.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-43-80 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-658; 1962 Code SECTION 37-658] recodified as SECTION 38-73-70 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-51-90 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-235; 1955 (49) 329; 1956 (49) 1841; 1962 Code SECTION 37-235; 1964 (53) 2290; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II, SECTION 31 M] recodified as SECTION 38-43-80 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1992 Act No. 501, Part II SECTION 11H; 2001 Act No. 82, SECTION 17, eff July 20, 2001; 2002 Act No. 323, SECTION 2, eff January 31, 2003; 2008 Act No. 326, SECTION 4, eff June 16, 2008; 2009 Act No. 69, SECTION 3, eff June 2, 2009.