§ 17-42-405 - Additional fee.
17-42-405. Additional fee.
(a) In addition to the other fees provided for in this chapter and regulations of the Arkansas Real Estate Commission, each licensed real estate broker and salesperson shall pay to the commission for the benefit of the Real Estate Recovery Fund a fee as the commission may require, not to exceed the lesser of:
(1) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annual renewal; or
(2) An amount sufficient to restore the fund balance to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).
(b) Likewise, each person who becomes a licensee for the first time shall at that time pay to the commission for the benefit of the fund such fee as the commission may require, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(c) No fees collected under the provisions of this subchapter may be expended from the fund except for the purposes set forth in this subchapter.