Sec. 45.55.915. - Reimbursement of expenses incident to examination or investigation.
(a) The administrator may require an issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or state investment adviser to reimburse the administrator for actual travel expenses and per diem incurred in connection with an examination or investigation under this chapter.
(b) The administrator may by regulation or order adopt a schedule of charges for annual examination and investigation of issuers, broker-dealers, agents, investment adviser representatives, federal covered advisers, and state investment advisers.
(c) If an issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or state investment adviser fails to pay the fees and expenses provided for in this section, the fees and expenses shall be paid out of the funds of the administrator in the same manner as other disbursements made by the administrator. The amounts paid from the funds of the administrator are a lien on all of the assets and property in this state of the issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or state investment adviser, and the amount may be recovered by the attorney general on behalf of the state.
(d) Failure of the issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, or state investment adviser to pay fees and expenses under this section is a wilful violation of this chapter, and the violation falls within the provisions of AS 45.55.060 , 45.55.120, 45.55.920, and 45.55.925.