With respect to a license fee imposed prior to the implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L. 2005, c. 199(C.17:1C-33 et al.), every motor vehicle installment seller shall pay to the commissioner at the time of making the application and biennially thereafter upon renewal a license fee for its principal office and for each additional place of business conducted in this State. The commissioner shall charge for a license such fee as he shall prescribe by rule or regulation. Each fee shall not exceed $300. The license shall run from the date of issuance to the end of the licensing period of not less than two years as set by the commissioner by regulation. Upon implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L. 2005, c. 199(C.17:1C-33 et al.), a license fee shall no longer be imposed or collected by the commissioner pursuant to this section, however a motor vehicle installment seller shall pay to the commissioner at the time of application a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $300.
N.J.S. § 17:16C-8