37-1-134. Boards -- costs. (1) Each board allocated to the department shall set board fees related to its program area that provide the amount of money usually needed for the operation of the board for services, including but not limited to licensing, reciprocity, renewals, applications, inspections, investigations, compliance, discipline, and audits. The amount needed for the operation of the board is based on the license renewal years as set by the board. In setting the fees, the board shall consider the revenues and expenses incurred in the prior 5 licensing renewal years, but a board's cash balances may not exceed two times the board's annual appropriation level. Unless otherwise provided by law, the department may establish standardized administrative fees. These fees may include but are not limited to fees for administrative services such as license verification, duplicate licenses, late penalty renewals, licensee lists, and other administrative service fees determined by the department as applicable to all boards and department programs. The department shall collect fees on behalf of each board or department program and deposit the fees in the state special revenue fund in the appropriate account for each board or department program. Administrative service costs not related to a specific board or program area may be equitably distributed to board or program areas as determined by the department. Each board and department program shall maintain records sufficient to support the fees charged for each program area.
(2) The department and the boards shall adopt rules regarding all fees.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 187, L. 2015.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 37. Professions and Occupations
Part 1. Duties and Authority of Department, Director, and Boards
37-1-101. Duties of department
37-1-105. Reporting disciplinary actions against licensees
37-1-107. Joint meetings -- department duties
37-1-108. Rules governing active supervision
37-1-109. through 37-1-120 reserved
37-1-121. Duties of commissioner -- definitions
37-1-122. Active supervision -- rebuttable presumption -- reconsideration
37-1-123. through 37-1-129 reserved
37-1-131. Duties of boards -- quorum required
37-1-132. Nominees for appointment to licensing and regulatory boards
37-1-133. Board members' compensation and expenses
37-1-135. Licensing investigation and review -- record access
37-1-136. Disciplinary authority of boards -- injunctions
37-1-141. License renewal -- lapse -- expiration -- termination