AN ACT authorizing the alarm systems licensing board to increase certain fees and establish a new fee under the alarm systems licensing act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 74D‑7(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	The Board may charge fees as follows:
(1)	A nonrefundable initial license application fee in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(2)	A new or renewal license fee in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(3)	A late license renewal fee to be paid in addition to the renewal fee due in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), if the license has not been renewed on or before the expiration date of the license.
(4)	A registration fee in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) plus any fees charged to the board for background checks by the State Bureau of Investigation.
(5)	A fee for reregistration of an employee who changes employment to another licensee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
(6)	A branch office certificate fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(7)	A fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each reconsideration of a license or registration permit that has been filed or returned to the applicant for correctable errors.
All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be expended, under the direction of the Board, for the purpose of defraying the expense of administering this Chapter."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2004.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2004