§150. Renewal of license; renewal fees

A. Every licensed architect domiciled in this state who desires to continue his license in force shall annually pay during the month of December a fee to be determined by the board, not to exceed two hundred dollars. Upon payment of the renewal fee, the secretary of the board shall issue him a renewal certificate for the year due.

B. Every licensed architect domiciled outside Louisiana who desires to continue his license in force in Louisiana shall annually pay during the month of December a renewal registration fee to be determined by the board, not to exceed five hundred dollars. Upon payment of the renewal fee, the secretary of the board shall issue him a renewal certificate for the year due.

C. The failure to renew his license in proper time shall not deprive the architect of the right of renewal thereafter. The delinquent fee to be paid upon the renewal of a license by an architect domiciled in Louisiana at any time after the month of December in the year when such renewal fee first became due shall be determined by the board, not to exceed two hundred dollars. This delinquent fee shall be in addition to the renewal registration fee set forth in Subsection A of this Section.

D. The delinquent fee to be paid upon the renewal of a license by an architect domiciled outside Louisiana at any time after the month of December in the year when such renewal fee first became due shall be determined by the board, not to exceed five hundred dollars. This delinquent fee shall be in addition to the renewal registration fee set forth in Subsection B of this Section.

E. Every corporation, professional architectural corporation as defined in R.S. 12:1086, architectural-engineering corporation as defined in R.S. 12:1171, or any partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, association, sole proprietorship, or other entity seeking to renew its certificate of authority in Louisiana shall, unless exempted by the board, annually pay a renewal fee to be determined by the board, not to exceed three hundred dollars, during the month of June. The board shall issue a renewal certificate of authority for the year upon receipt of the renewal fee payment.

F.(1) The delinquency fee to be paid by any corporation, professional architectural corporation as defined in R.S. 12:1086, any architectural-engineering corporation as defined in R.S. 12:1171, or any partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, association, sole proprietorship, or other entity, when the renewal fee set forth in Subsection E of this Section is paid at any time after June in the year the fee first became due, shall be determined by the board, not to exceed three hundred dollars.

(2) The payment of any delinquency fee shall be paid in addition to the annual renewal fee.

G. The board may not increase the renewal fees or the delinquency fees set forth in this Section by more than thirty dollars during any three-year period.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 195, §1; Acts 1972, No. 69, §1; Acts 1978, No. 197, §1; Acts 1988, No. 583, §1; Acts 2001, No. 55, §1; Acts 2016, No. 255, §1, eff. May 26, 2016.