License fee. Costs of examination to be borne by applicants. Automatic suspension of license or renewal license. Notice. Opportunity for hearing

(a) Each applicant for a license, at the time of making such application, shall pay to the commissioner a nonrefundable license fee of four hundred dollars. Each license issued pursuant to this subsection shall expire at the close of business on June thirtieth of each year, unless such license is renewed. The license shall not be transferable or assignable. Each licensee shall, on or before June twentieth of each year, pay to the commissioner the sum of four hundred dollars as a license renewal fee for the succeeding year, commencing July first. Each applicant or licensee shall pay the expenses of any examination or investigation made under sections 36a-625 to 36a-634, inclusive. (b) If the commissioner determines that a check filed with the commissioner to pay a license fee has been dishonored, the commissioner shall automatically suspend the license or a renewal license that has been issued but is not yet effective. The commissioner shall give the licensee notice of the automatic suspension pending proceedings for revocation or refusal to renew and an opportunity for a hearing on such actions in accordance with section 36a-51.