(1) Subject to section 9(5), a license granted under this act may be renewed by the department upon application by the licensee, filing a renewal surety bond in the amount specified in section 9, and the payment of a renewal fee of $100.00 if a sole proprietorship, $150.00 if a private security police organization, a private college police force, or a private security guard firm, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, or $250.00 if a security alarm system contractor.

    (2) A renewal license shall be dated as of the expiration date of the previously existing license. For the renewal of a license, the licensee shall submit an application in a form provided by the department. The department may defer the renewal of license if there is an uninvestigated outstanding criminal complaint pending against the licensee or a criminal case pending in any court against the licensee.

    (3) A person who fails to renew a license on or before the expiration date shall not engage in activities regulated by this act. A person who fails to renew a license on or before the expiration date may, within 30 days after the expiration date, renew the license by payment of the required license fee and a late renewal fee of $25.00. An applicant who fails to renew within the 30-day period must reapply for a license under section 7.

    (4) The fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited into the security business fund created in section 9(9).