424.21  Fees for services of department.--The Department of Community Affairs, in accordance with rates to be established by the rules of the department, may charge and collect from a limited dividend housing corporation incorporated under this chapter reasonable fees for:

(1)  The examination of plans and specifications and the supervision of construction in an amount not to exceed 0.5 percent of the cost of the project;

(2)  The holding of a public hearing upon application of a housing corporation in an amount sufficient to meet the reasonable cost of advertising the notice thereof and of the transcript of testimony taken thereat; and

(3)  Any examination or investigation made upon application of a housing corporation and any act done by the department, or any of its employees, in the performance of its duties under this chapter in an amount reasonably calculated to meet the expense of the department incurred in connection therewith.

In no event shall any part of the expenses of the department ever be paid out of the State Treasury. The department may authorize a housing corporation to include such fees as part of the cost of a project, or as part of the charges specified in s. 424.08 pursuant to rules to be established by the department.