APPLICATION, LICENSE, AND REGISTRATION FEES.

(a) The commission by rule shall establish application, license, and registration fees. The fees must be in amounts sufficient to cover administrative costs and are nonrefundable. The department shall collect the application, license, and registration fees.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish a fee for:

(1) an initial in-person driver education provider license and for each branch location;

(2) an initial online driver education provider license;

(3) an initial parent-taught driver education provider license;

(4) an initial driving safety provider license;

(5) the annual renewal for a driving safety provider, driver education provider, or branch location of an in-person driver education provider, except that the executive director may waive the fee if revenue generated by the issuance of course completion certificate numbers and driver education certificates is sufficient to cover the cost of administering this chapter and Subchapter H, Chapter 45A, Code of Criminal Procedure;

(6) a change of address of a driver education provider or driving safety provider; and

(7) a change of name of:

(A) a driver education provider or an owner of a driver education provider; or

(B) a driving safety provider or an owner of a driving safety provider.

(c) An application for an initial driver education instructor license must be accompanied by a processing fee and an annual license fee, except that the department may not collect the processing fee from an applicant who is currently teaching a driver education course in a public school in this state.

(d) The commission shall establish the amount of the fee for a duplicate license.