Section 1758.81.

(a) An applicant for a rental car agent license under this article shall file the following documents with the commissioner:

(1) A written application for licensure, signed by the applicant or an officer of the applicant, in the form prescribed by the commissioner.

(2) A certificate by the insurer that is to be named in the rental car agent license, stating that the insurer has satisfied itself that the named applicant is trustworthy and competent to act as its insurance agent limited to this purpose and that the insurer will appoint the applicant to act as its agent to transact the kind or kinds of insurance that are permitted by this article, if the rental car agent license applied for is issued by the commissioner. The certification shall be subscribed by an officer or managing agent of the insurer on a form prescribed by the commissioner.

(3) An application fee, and each license period thereafter, a renewal fee, in an amount or amounts determined by the department as sufficient to defray the department's actual cost of processing the application or renewal and implementing this article.

(4) Not less than 60 days before a permanent license will expire, the commissioner may use an electronic delivery method, including e-mail or other similar electronic method of delivery, to deliver, or may mail, to the latest e-mail or mailing address appearing on his or her records, an application to the licensee to renew the license for the appropriate succeeding license period. It is the licensee's responsibility to renew whether or not a renewal application is received. The commissioner may accept a late renewal without a penalty, provided the licensee's failure to comply is due to clerical error or inadvertence on the part of the department.

(A) The application for renewal of a license shall be filed on or before the expiration date.

(B) The application for renewal of an expired license may be filed after the expiration date and until that same month and day of the next succeeding year. A licensee who files the renewal application after the license has expired shall be charged, in addition to the renewal fee, a penalty of 50 percent of the renewal fee.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Sections 1667, 1668, 1668.5, 1669, 1670, 1720, 1738, and 1739 apply to any application for or issuance of a license pursuant to this article.

(c) Costs associated with any enforcement action or investigation shall be paid for by the person or organization licensed pursuant to this article.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 254, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2010.)