# Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion > Texas Attorney General Reports · July 2, 1949 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4137948 ## Case - **Court:** Texas Attorney General Reports - **Decided:** July 2, 1949 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Judges:** Price Daniel - **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4137948 ## Opinion text Hon. Paul H. Brown Opinion No. v-a.24 Fire Insurance Commissioner Land Office Building Be: Recessitg of refunding Austin, Texas fees paid for renewal 0r agency licenses upon refusal to renew the licenses. Dear Col. Brown: You have asked for the opinion of this office on the following: "This Department, under 5062b, Section 10, is engaged in issuing renewal licenses to lnsur- ante agencies throughout Texas. These egents send thel~ renewal'eppilcati-ons~lnto- this Depa~rt- ment;generally accompanied by the fee of $1.00. In some instances we refuse to issue the renewal license. The uestion occurs: Are we required to refund the 8 1.00 sent in?" Sections 8 and 10 of Article 5062b, Vernon's Civil Statutes, provide as follows: "Sec. a. Every license issued to a local Recording Agent or Solicitor shall expire on the first day of March each year, unless an applica- tion to qualify for the renewal of any such license shall be filed with the Board of Insurance Co&s- sioners and fee paid on or before such date, in which event the license sought to be renewed shall continue in full force and effect until renewed or renewal Is refused. "S86..10. An appllc,antfor the renewal of a ~.'~ Local Recording Agent's license or for the renewal of a Sollcltor*s license shall pay, at the time the renewal application is filed, a fee of one ($1.00) Dollar." The question asked can be answered only by ar- rivingat the'int,entionof ttreLegislature as manifested in Sect1ons.S ?$nd lO~.ofArticle 5062b. It is our opinion ,,.~ .,, Hon. Paul H. Brown, page 2 (v-824) that the Legislature Intended for the one dollar fee pro- vided for in the Article to be primarily a filing fee cov- erfng the charge for the filing of any renewel application for a Local Recording Agent’s ,license or a Solicitor’s ll- cerise. We are further of ths opinion that It 1s not neces- sary to refund the one dollar fee paid by an applicant whose lioenee is not renewed. ‘It is riotnecessary to refund the one($l.OO) dollar fee~~paidunder the provisions of Section 10 of Artiole 5062b by a person applying fPf the renewal of a Local Recording Agent’s or a Solicl- tar’s license whose lioense is not renewed by the Board of Insurance Commissioners. Yours very truly ATTORNKI GERERAL OF TKKAS By%:ti Assista& APPROVED : rfFn-a- w FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY dEBfERAL CBK/rt:jrb --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4137948. Public record. Not legal advice.