AI-assisted research summary: Professional employer organizations and professional employer groups must pay registration-related fees, and the secretary must set certain fees by rule and remit collected money to the fee fund.
44-1705. Registration fees; fee fund. (a) Upon filing an initial application for registration, a professional employer organization shall pay a fee in an amount not to exceed $1,000. (b) Upon filing a renewal application for registration, a professional employer organization shall pay a fee in an amount not to exceed $500. (c) Upon filing an initial or a renewal application for limited registration, a professional employer organization shall pay a fee in an amount not to exceed $500. (d) Upon filing an initial or a renewal application for registration, a professional employer group shall pay a fee in an amount determined by the secretary and adopted by rules and regulations. (e) The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the fees to be charged pursuant to this section in such amounts as deemed reasonably necessary by the secretary for the administration of the provisions of K.S.A. 44-1701 through 44-1711, and amendments thereto, subject to the limitations on fee amounts set forth in subsections (a), (b) and (c). (f) There is hereby created the professional employer organization fee fund. The secretary shall remit all moneys received from fees or penalties to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the professional employer organization fee fund. All expenditures from the professional employer organization fee fund shall be for the purposes of the administration of the provisions of K.S.A. 44-1701 through 44-1711, and amendments thereto, and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary, or the secretary's designee. History: L. 2012, ch. 142, § 5; L. 2024, ch. 50, § 3; January 1, 2025.