(a) Applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity shall be made in writing to the Arkansas Department of Transportation, be verified under oath, shall be in such form, contain such information, and be accompanied by proof of service upon such interested parties as the department by rule shall require.
(b) Every application shall be accompanied by certified check made payable to the department for the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00). The funds shall be collected by the department to be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund.