Authority to make refunds.

In response to a written claim for a refund for overpayment of a fee collected by the commission [secretary of state] pursuant to Section 53-2-1 NMSA 1978, the commission [secretary of state] or its delegate may authorize the refund to a corporation, a foreign corporation or a person of any amount determined by the commission [secretary of state] or its delegate to have been erroneously paid to the commission [secretary of state].