Section 1056.

(a)  Authorized license agents who receive licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1055 may be required to execute, in favor of the department, a bond, payable to the department, in a sum determined by the department. The bond shall secure the accurate accounting and payment to the department of the funds collected and the performance of the duties imposed upon the license agent by this article.

(b) Any license agent who fails to transmit the fees or accounting reports required by Section 1055.5 or 1055.6 not later than 60 days following the due date as specified by the department may be required to provide a bond pursuant to subdivision (a) in order to continue as a license agent.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 431, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)