(a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services shall not issue or maintain a license to a childcare facility unless the license fee is paid at the annual licensing or renewal date. The license fee is:
(1) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year for childcare facilities serving fewer than seventeen (17) children;
(2) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for childcare facilities serving seventeen (17) to ninety-nine (99) children; and
(3) One hundred dollars ($100) per year for childcare facilities serving one hundred (100) or more children.
(b) The division shall transmit the fees monthly to the Treasurer of State to be deposited as special revenues into the Child Care Fund.