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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="6-203" title_number="6" title_name="Taxes and Fees" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fraud Prevention Fee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For each insurer, health maintenance organization, nonprofit health service plan, fraternal benefit society, or any entity operating in the State under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commissioner other than a premium finance company, a fraternal benefit society that collected less than $75,000 in premiums in the preceding calendar year, or a motor club, the fraud prevention fee shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$1,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>due on or before June 30 of each year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>if applicable, payable with the certificate of authority or license renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For each insurance producer, public adjuster, insurance adviser, or third party administrator qualified, licensed, or registered by the Commissioner, the fraud prevention fee shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$15;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>due on or before June 30 of every other year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>if applicable, payable with the certificate of qualification, license, or registration renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any person that has more than one of the certificates of qualification, licenses, or registrations listed in subsection (b) of this section shall pay the $15 fraud prevention fee only once per renewal period.</text>
  </level>
</section>
