Any private individual, firm or corporation designated to transmit applications for, receive or issue licenses or permits by the secretary of revenue or the secretary of transportation pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143d, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 8-1911 or 79-34,118, shall receive for such services, fees to be paid by the secretary of revenue in an amount to be determined by the secretary of not to exceed eight percent (8%) of the total receipts collected for licenses or permits applied for, transmitted through or issued through such individual, firm or corporation. In no event, however, shall the amount of such fees be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month, nor shall it exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month. Such fees shall be paid from the receipts collected for licenses or permits applied for, transmitted through or issued through such individual, firm or corporation. Those individuals, firms or corporations which collect the fees for such licenses or permits shall deduct from the receipts collected by such individual, firm or corporation the fees provided by this section and the balance shall be remitted to the secretary of revenue as the secretary may direct.

A revolving fund, designated the “permit and licensing agent fund,” not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be set apart and maintained by the secretary of revenue from the license and permit fees collected pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 8-143d, 8-1911 and 79-34,118. Such fund shall be held by the state treasurer for the prompt payment of all permit and licensing agent fees provided in this section.

The secretary of revenue may require those individuals, firms or corporations which collect the fees for licenses or permits issued through them to provide a bond, with good and sufficient surety, in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to establish procedures for reporting and accounting by and the auditing of individuals, firms and corporations designated to issue licenses and permits as herein provided.