(a) The annual license fees for all institutions subject to the provisions of this article shall be established and may be revised from time to time by the county executive by written regulations adopted under method (3) of section 2A-15 of this Code in an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs of administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(b) No annual license shall be issued by the department until payment of the prescribed license fee has been made to the department of finance by the institution requesting the license. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 89-17; 1981 L.M.C., ch. 48, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 27.)