1055.1
. (a) Any person, except a commissioner, officer, or employee
of the department, may submit an application to the department to be
a license agent to issue licenses, permits, reservations, tags, or
other entitlements.
(b) A person shall only be authorized to be a license agent to
issue licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements,
upon the written approval of the department.
(c) The department may provide licenses, permits, reservations,
tags, or other entitlements to authorized license agents and shall
collect, prior to delivery, an amount equal to the fees for all
licenses, permits, reservations, tags and other entitlements
provided. Any license agent who pays the fees prior to delivery for
licenses, permits, reservations, tags, or other entitlements is
exempt from Sections 1056, 1057, and 1059. Any licenses, permits,
reservations, tags, or other entitlements provided pursuant to this
subdivision that remain unissued at the end of the license year may
be returned to the department for refund or credit, or a combination
thereof, within six months of the item expiration date. No credit may
be allowed after six months following the last day of the license
year.
(d) Authorized license agents shall add a handling charge to the
fees prescribed in this code or in regulations adopted pursuant to
this code for any license, permit, reservation, tag, and other
entitlement issued by the license agent in an amount that is 5
percent of the face value of the item rounded to the nearest five
cents ($0.05).
(e) The handling charge added pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be
incorporated into the total amount collected for issuing the
license, permit, reservation, tag, and other entitlement, but the
handling charge shall not be included when determining license fees
in accordance with Section 713. A license agent may issue any
license, permit, reservation, tag, or other entitlement for any
amount up to 10 percent less than the fee prescribed in this code or
in regulations adopted pursuant to this code. The license agent shall
remit to the department the full amount of the fees as prescribed in
this code or in regulations adopted pursuant to this code for all
licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements issued.
(f) The handling charge required by subdivision (d) is the license
agent's only compensation for services. The license agent shall not
be entitled to any other additional fee or charge for issuing any
license, permit, reservation, tag, or other entitlement authorized
pursuant to this section.
(g) The department may designate a nonprofit organization,
organized pursuant to the laws of this state, or the California
chapter of a nonprofit organization, organized pursuant to the laws
of another state, as a license agent for the sale of lifetime
licenses issued pursuant to Sections 714, 3031.2, and 7149.2. These
licenses may be sold by auction or by other methods and are not
subject to the fee limitations prescribed in this code. An agent
authorized to issue lifetime sport fishing licenses, lifetime hunting
licenses, and lifetime sportsman's licenses under this subdivision
is exempt from subdivisions (d) and (f). The license agent shall
remit to the department the fees from the sale of lifetime licenses
as defined in Sections 714, 3031.2, and 7149.2.
(h) This section applies only to licenses, permits, reservations,
tags, and other entitlements issued through the Automated License
Data System.