LA Rev Stat § 6:1004.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 6 - Banks and Banking|§1004.1. License fees; online renewal

RS 1004.1 - License fees; online renewal A. The applicant shall pay to the commissioner a nonrefundable application fee of three hundred fifty dollars with the initial application, plus an additional fee of fifty dollars for each currency exchange location in this state, not to exceed three thousand dollars. B.(1) The licensee shall pay an annual license renewal fee on or before the first day of December of each year for a license to engage in currency exchange during the following calendar year of two hundred fifty dollars, plus an additional fee of fifty dollars for each currency exchange location in this state, not to exceed three thousand dollars. (2) If the commissioner has not received the annual renewal fee from a licensee by the sixteenth day of January, as determined by the postmarked date, he shall notify the licensee by United States mail and assess a late fee of one hundred dollars. (3) If the commissioner has not received the annual renewal fee and late fee by March thirty-first, the license to engage in currency exchange and all certificates issued for currency exchange locations shall lapse without a hearing or notification, and the license and certificates shall not be reinstated. However, the person whose license and certificates have lapsed may apply for a new license and certificates. (4) After the date the licensing system provided for in Subsection C of this Section is available for use, any filing or notification required by the commissioner shall be made through the online-licensing system. Thereafter, the provisions of this Subsection shall expire and no longer have any effect. C.(1) Beginning January 1, 2015, and thereafter, a licensee may submit through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry his renewal application on or before December thirty-first of each year in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. (2) The renewal application shall be accompanied by a renewal fee of two hundred fifty dollars plus an additional fee of fifty dollars for each currency exchange location in this state, not to exceed three thousand dollars, payable on or before December thirty-first of each year. A renewal application submitted through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry after December thirty-first and before March first of the following year shall be charged a late fee of one hundred dollars. (3) If the renewal application is submitted timely on or before December thirty-first, the license shall remain in force and effect until the renewal application is either approved or denied by the commissioner. Nothing in this Paragraph shall preclude the commissioner from implementing any administrative or enforcement actions authorized by this Title for violations of this Chapter or for any material misrepresentation that may have occurred prior to the renewal date of a license. (4) If the commissioner has not received the renewal fee and late fee before March first, the license to engage in currency exchange shall lapse without hearing or notification, and the license shall not be reinstated. However, the person whose license has lapsed may apply for a new license. Acts 1999, No. 1124, §1; Acts 2006, No. 767, §1; Acts 2014, No. 125, §1, eff. May 16, 2014.