(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each auctioneer shall pay to the Auctioneer's Licensing Board at the time of initial licensure and at each annual renewal a fee as the board may require, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). This fee shall be in addition to the other fees provided for in this chapter.
(b) When the balance in the Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund reaches one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000), the fee shall be suspended until the fund balance falls to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) at which time the collection of the fee shall resume until the fund balance reaches one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000).