Sec 44-1861. Fees; deposit; abandonment

A. By the affirmative vote of at least four commissioners, the commission may establish by rule an annual fee for the registration of a dealer or a salesman. The fee shall be remitted on or before the last working day of December, and the commission shall deposit the fee, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the securities regulatory and enforcement fund established by section 44-2039.

B. The registration fee for any dealer who deals exclusively in securities of which the dealer is the issuer is one hundred dollars.

C. For registration of securities by description, there shall be paid to the commission a nonrefundable registration fee of one-tenth of one per cent of the aggregate offering price of the securities that are to be sold in this state, but in no event shall the registration fee be less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars. The amount by which a registration fee exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars shall be allocated to the Arizona competes fund established by section 41-1545.01.

D. By the affirmative vote of at least four commissioners, the commission may establish by rule a transfer fee for a salesman transferring the salesman's registration from one registered dealer to another registered dealer. The commission shall deposit the fee, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the securities regulatory and enforcement fund established by section 44-2039.

E. The initial filing of a form required for safe harbor exemptions provided for in the securities act of 1933 (15 United States Code section 77(a) et seq.) pursuant to the rules of the commission shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred fifty dollars, of which fifty dollars shall be allocated to the Arizona competes fund established by section 41-1545.01. The final filing of the form, if separate from the initial filing, shall be accompanied by a filing fee of one hundred dollars that is allocated to the Arizona competes fund established by section 41-1545.01.

F. For a name change of securities registered by qualification or description, a filing fee of one hundred dollars is payable to the commission.

G. For filing a notice required by the commission by rule pursuant to section 44-1845, a filing fee of one hundred dollars is payable to the commission.

H. For filing a petition pursuant to section 44-1846, a filing fee of two hundred fifty dollars is payable to the commission.

I. Except as provided in subsections A, C, D, E and P of this section, section 44-1843 and section 44-1892, paragraph 3, all fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state general fund.

J. An issuer who sells securities in this state in excess of the aggregate amount of securities registered in this state, while the registration is still effective, may apply to register the excess securities by paying three times the difference between the initial registration fee paid and the registration fee required under subsection C of this section or section 44-1892, paragraph 3. Registration of the excess securities, if granted, is effective retroactively to the date of the existing registration.

K. An application for registration of securities or registration of a dealer or salesman or an incomplete notice filing is deemed abandoned if both:

1. The application or notice filing has been on file with the commission for at least six months or the applicant or notice filer has failed to respond to a request for information for at least two months after the date of the request.

2. The applicant or notice filer has failed to respond to the commission's notice of warning of abandonment within sixty calendar days after the date of the warning.

L. The commission shall retain fees collected in connection with abandoned applications or notice filings for deposit in the state general fund.

M. The nonrefundable filing fee for a request for a no-action letter from the securities division is two hundred dollars.

N. The nonrefundable filing fee for an application for registration pursuant to section 44-1902 is two hundred fifty dollars.

O. The fee for submitting fingerprint cards to the department of public safety is the fee required by that department.

P. Any securities exchange established in this state shall pay to the commission on or before March 15 of each calendar year an exchange registration fee in an amount equal to two-tenths of one cent for each share, bond or option or any other single unit of a security that is exchanged during each preceding calendar year. The commission shall deposit the fee, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the securities regulatory and enforcement fund established by section 44-2039 for the purpose of regulating the securities exchange. The commission, by rule, may exempt any sale of securities or any class of sales of securities from the fee imposed by this subsection if it finds that an exemption is consistent with the public interest and the equal regulation of the market and brokers and dealers.