Section 444-F. License periods, renewals and fees

1.  Home inspector
  licenses and renewals thereof shall be issued for a period of two years,
  except that the secretary may, in order to stagger the  expiration  date
  thereof,  provide  that those licenses first issued or renewed after the
  effective date of this section shall expire or become  void  on  a  date
  fixed  by  the  secretary,  not  sooner  than  six months nor later than
  twenty-nine months after the date of issue.  No  renewal  of  a  license
  shall be issued unless the applicant has successfully completed a course
  of  continuing education approved by the secretary, in consultation with
  the council.
    2. The secretary shall collect a fee of two hundred fifty dollars  for
  the first application for a license and the license as a home inspector.
  The secretary shall collect a fee of one hundred dollars to renew a home
  inspector  license.  The  secretary  shall collect an examination fee of
  fifty dollars. All fees and any fines imposed by the secretary  pursuant
  to  this  article  shall  be  deposited  in  the  business and licensing
  services account established pursuant to section ninety-seven-y  of  the
  state finance law.