Section 24-137. Operating certificate fees

(a) A person applying for an
  operating certificate or a renewal of an operating certificate shall pay
  for each such operating certificate or renewal a fee in accordance  with
  subdivision (c) of section 24-136 of this code.
    (b)  The  fee for each field reinspection required because of a notice
  of disapproval for a major deficiency shall be equal to the fee required
  in subdivision (a) of this section.
    (c) There shall be  an  additional  fee  imposed  for  each  operating
  certificate  issued  or  renewed  on  the basis of a notarized affidavit
  supplied in response to a notice of disapproval for a  minor  deficiency
  issued  after a field inspection that shall be equal to fifty percent of
  the fee required in subdivision (a) of this section.
    (d) The expiration date  of  a  valid  operating  certificate  may  be
  abridged  by  the commissioner for the convenience of the department for
  good cause shown. The fee to renew the  abridged  operating  certificate
  shall be reduced by one thirty-sixth for each full or partial month that
  the unabridged operating certificate would have been valid.
    (e)  (1)  The  fee  for an operating certificate for equipment, except
  refuse burning equipment, issued for a period  other  than  three  years
  shall  be  prorated on the basis of one thirty-sixth of the full fee for
  each full month of the duration of the certificate.
    (2) The fee for an operating certificate for refuse burning  equipment
  issued  for  a  period other than twelve months shall be prorated on the
  basis of one-twelfth of the full fee for each full or partial  month  of
  the duration of the certificate.