Alabama Administrative Code › Title 500 - Alabama State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects › Chapter 500-X-2 - EXAMINATIONS, LICENSE, FEES, AND SERVICES › Section 500-X-2-.08 - Fees - Payment, Receipt

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) An application fee, a fee for an original certificate and an annual license fee, in an amount as provided in Rule 500-X-2-.10, shall accompany each application for license. Should the applicant's request for license be rejected, the application fee will be retained by the Board to cover the cost of processing the application. The fee for the original certificate and the first annual license fee will be refunded to the applicant.
(2) An application fee, a fee for an original certificate of authorization and the first annual renewal license fee for a certificate of authorization, in an amount as provided in Rule 500-X-2-.10, shall accompany each application for certificate of authorization. Should the applicant's request for certificate of authorization be rejected, the application fee will be retained by the Board to cover the cost of processing the application. The fee for the original certificate of authorization and the first annual renewal license fee for the certificate of authorization will be refunded to the applicant.
(3) An annual license fee for residents of the State of Alabama shall be paid to the Board by every landscape architect who is a resident of the state. The fee shall be due and payable on the first day of January of each year and shall become delinquent after the thirty-first day of January.
(4) An annual license fee for nonresidents of the State of Alabama shall be paid to the Board by every landscape architect who is a nonresident of the state. The fee shall be due and payable on the first day of January of each year and shall become delinquent after the thirty-first day of January.
(5) If the annual license fee is not paid before the date in which it becomes delinquent as defined in Rule 500-X-2-.08(8), a penalty in an amount as provided in Rule 500-X-2-.10 shall be added to the amount thereof.
(6) If the annual license fee and penalty are not by the fifteenth of March each year, the landscape architect's certificate shall be suspended from and after the expiration of 30 days from the date of mailing of notice of such delinquency by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed to the landscape architect at his address as it appears in the records of the Board. The notice of delinquency shall state that upon the expiration of time herein allowed his certificate will be suspended, unless within said time, the annual license fee and penalty are remitted.
(7) After the certificate has been suspended, the landscape architect shall reapply for certification as provided in Rule 500-X-2-.02; provided, however, that the Board may, in its discretion, waive any further examination of such an applicant.
(8) Any fees and/or penalties mailed to the Board will be considered delinquent if postmarked after the date of delinquency as provided in this rule.
(9) The Board shall issue a receipt to each landscape architect promptly upon payment of the annual license fee.
Author:
William R. Sorensen
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala. 1975
, §§
										34-17-1,
et seq
.