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; ( OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 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. : ‘j ~. 

it la necessary for us to know whether 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- ,” 

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honorable Sldeey UtM, page 2 2 

‘lloense or requeeta 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~ 

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“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: . . . 

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Sectlona 16 and 18 of htiole 657%. supre, rorpea- . # ,.: .,~ . . 

provide : ,..’ 

.a> - “sec. 16. !Phe Admlniatrator’ of the .SeaurI- .I .:. ties Dlvlsion of the offiae of the Secretary of’ 

State shall charge aud collect the follovlng fee8 

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and shall duly pay all fees reoelveb into 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 thla Aot, ,’ 

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 

the cost 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 

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State Treasury for safe-keeping, and shall by the . _~ 

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‘. .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-, 

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;Sw;;$&; Dlvlslo~ oi ..the ofilce, of The 3eomtary . 

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._’ 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 Seatlon 16,,. i :‘; 

- supra, should be denominated filing fees. t 

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.~ (When a peraoa has voluntarily ,msde such a payment * ,, 

eannot reaover it; 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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