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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 31.03.09.04" title_num="31" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="09" heading="Proration of Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Renewal Fees. If the Administration is required to charge a prorated renewal fee for a license, the Administration shall calculate the amount of the prorated fee by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Dividing the appropriate renewal fee listed in Insurance Article, §2-112, Annotated Code of Maryland, by 24;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Multiplying the quotient obtained under §A(1) of this regulation by the number of months for which the license is issued or renewed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rounding the product obtained under §A(2) of this regulation to the nearest dollar, with amounts ranging from 1 cent to 50 cents rounded down to the next lower dollar and amounts ranging from 51 cents to 99 cents rounded up to the next higher dollar.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Fraud Prevention Fee. If the Administration is required to charge a prorated fraud prevention fee, the Administration shall calculate the amount of the prorated fee by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Dividing the fraud prevention fee listed in Insurance Article, §6-203, Annotated Code of Maryland, by 24;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Multiplying the quotient obtained under §B(1) of this regulation by the number of months for which the license is issued or renewed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rounding the product obtained under §B(2) of this regulation to the nearest dollar, with amounts ranging from 1 cent to 50 cents rounded down to the next lower dollar and amounts ranging from 51 cents to 99 cents rounded up to the next higher dollar.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>