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; ( OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS 0 1 AUSTIN h “‘“SELLLl)S

_ &a@ IS-- , Honorable Sidney Isthem .. seoretary of State .:. **Austin, Tex6s**  **. .,**  Attention8 ‘Wr. Boz!aoe B. ;Se8oiona : A\

1 appllcatlon or in pr0p3r r0rm the applicant is

. his llcenzse or rea vlthdraual of the atloa before ectlon en taken to aomplet8 we same? And 0 Fe- ’ Queatlon. : ‘

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it la necessary for us to knowwhether the fees chnrged are to be eonsldered filing or lloeaelng ,,‘..* fees, We.ahould like to be advised on the iollov- .~~ iag~~spsoliia queetioua,

Can the $3.00 fee be refunded when ea~om- ,” I 

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honorable Sldeey 

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‘lloense 

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### a ulthdraual of the appllaatloa before action has been taken to oouplete or raruse same? “2.. Can the $3.00 fee be refunded where the applicant falla to complete applloatlon In proper form?” orlgiual or reneval Seatlou 6a OS~rt~ole 65~. Vernon*a Annotated. Civil Statutes, providea, in part, aa i’olloua~

.“, “Any appllaant desiring to act as a veal emtate dealer In this State shall file vlth the Administrator of the Securities Dlvleloa of the office of the Secretary of State an applloation for a license thereror. The applloatlon ehall be la I~, auah form aa the Administrator of the Seaurltles Dlvlslon of the offlw of the Seoretary Of State. play presurlbe,

and .nbUl set forth: ... .‘. ‘I I’ l . .. tlvely Sectlona 16 and 18 of htiole 657%. supre, rorpea- . # ,.: .,~.. provide : ,..’ .a> - “sec. 16. !PheAdmlniatrator’ of the .SeaurI- .I .:. ties Dlvlsion of the offiae of the Secretary of ’ State shall charge aud collect the follovlng fee8 .C.‘.‘. and shall duly pay all fees 

### reoelvebinto the ,: State Treaeuvg.

(a). A fee ,of Three Dollars ($3) 

### for the ill- 4 ‘. lng of any original 

### or renewal applloatlon of a ” ‘\ 

### real estate dealer, vhlch fee shall include the

ooet of the lasuanoe **of** a llaenue if any should **be** laaued. *(b). A 

### fee of Three Dollars ($3) for the filing of any orlglnal or renewal application of a real entate dealer, which fee shall laolude the aoat of the license, vho 1s a member of a partnership, or ,aslroaIatlon or 6~. offloer of a oorporatlon licensed under the provisions of 

### thlaAot, ,’ other than tb member of the partnership,, or asuo~ elation or the: officer of the oorporatlon uamed ln the license lseued to. ruoh:prtn?rrhlp, ;aaao-, ointlon, or oorporatlon. :Eonorable Sidney Utham, pge 3

- 'l(c). A See of Three Dollars ($3) for the ‘.I ~ ., Siling of any orlglual or reneval appllaation 

### of a real estate salesman, vhlch fee shall lnolude 

### thecost of the issuanoe of the.llaense if any should be issued. 

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.~ ‘Sec. 18. Upon and after the effective date ” .; of this Act, all moneys derived from Sees, aa8essmentt9, or charges under this Act, shall be paid ‘~ by the Administrator of the Securities Division

~’ of the ofSlco.oS the Secretary of State into the ‘, State Treasury for safe-keeping, and shall by the ._~ ..‘. .State Treasurer be placed lo. a separate fund to .., ~~~‘, be aiallable for the use of the Administrator OS ../. ? ’ the SeourLtlee~ Division OS the oSfIce.‘of the Secretarg of State la, the admInistration of this Act ’ upon requisition of the Administrator of the Se-, .: . . . . .. . . . . ;Sw;;$&; Dlvlslo~ oi ..theofilce, of The 3eomtary . 1 ‘.~ ._’ You~vill cibaervd that ,by the olear vordlng of Seotion 16, supra, the fee 1s “for the filing” and “shall lnolude ‘. the cost of the lssuanoe of 

### a license lf any should be issued.‘. In our opltion, therefore, the fees cbarged under 

### Seatlon16,,. 

### i :‘; - supra, should be denominated filing fees. t ;,: .~ ( Whena peraoa has voluntarily ,msde such a payment * ,, eannot reaoverit; henoe It should not be refunded. ‘.

This fee covers the expense of “the flllng of any ’ appllcatIons,v the investigation of the .appllcaat, and ‘. ‘&e*oost of tho lssuaace ‘of a license lf any should be lssue&*,,

You will further observe that. in, each .of your ques; tlons the license did not issue beoause of some fault of ,the : applioant . It follol?s that ve yaaaly your two Quostlou~ln ‘the negative.

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