Section 53-2-3 - Disposition of fees.
53-2-3. Disposition of fees.
The public regulation commission shall turn over to the state treasurer the fees collected under the provisions of this article in the manner required by law. The commission is not responsible for a fraudulent or worthless check, draft, warrant, order or other means of payment accepted by it in good faith for the payment of a fee or on behalf of a corporation, but it shall be permitted to deduct the fee from money held by it to be paid into the state treasury. If a fraudulent or worthless check, draft, warrant or order is not made good immediately, it is the duty of the attorney general, as soon as the facts are made known to him, to institute suit against the corporation and, if sent by the incorporators its incorporators in the name of the state for the recovery of the amount of the check, draft, warrant, order or other means of payment, and protest fees and costs of the action shall be assessed against the defendant.