The fees assessed or imposed by this subchapter upon insurers, as defined or referenced in § 23-61-703, and the fees assessed or imposed in § 17-19-301 and §§ 23-61-706 - 23-61-709 upon professional bail bond companies, insurers, insurance agents, brokers, and other licensees or registrants are imposed in addition to all other fees, assessments, premium and privilege taxes, penalties, and other such payments such licensees or registrants pay the State of Arkansas through the State Insurance Department or other state or governmental agencies pursuant to applicable Arkansas laws, except that insurers' payments of these administrative and financial regulation fees in § 23-61-703 are expressly and in pertinent part to be paid in lieu of payment of department examiners' salaries, wages, and compensation due at or after each examination conducted on the insurer by the department's examiners pursuant to the provisions of § 23-61-201 et seq., and, in particular, § 23-61-206. Therefore, insurers shall still be liable for payment of and shall pay department examiners' expenses for food, lodging, and travel as directed under § 23-61-201 et seq.Acts 1993, No. 652, § 12.
Arkansas Legal Code