Ins. Code, § 10506.1

The commissioner shall require the payment of two thousand eight hundred twenty-three dollars ($2,823), as a fee for the determination of qualification required by Section 10506. Upon completion of the determination of qualification, and, whether authorization to issue contracts providing variable benefits is granted or denied, the commissioner shall require the payment by domestic insurers of those additional amounts from the requesting domestic insurer as may be necessary to defray all administrative costs in excess of eight hundred forty-nine dollars ($849) incurred by the commissioner in making that determination.