18050.5
. The department may, for a reasonable cause shown, refuse
to issue a license to an applicant when it determines any of the
following:
(a) The applicant was previously the holder of a license, which
license was revoked for cause and never reissued, or which license
was suspended for cause and the terms of suspension have not been
fulfilled.
(b) The applicant was previously a limited or general partner,
stockholder, director, general manager, or officer of a partnership
or corporation whose license was revoked for cause and never reissued
or was suspended for cause and the terms of suspension have not been
fulfilled.
(c) If the applicant is a partnership or corporation, of which one
or more of the limited or general partners, stockholders, directors
or officers was previously the holder or a limited or general
partner, stockholder, director or officer of a partnership or
corporation whose license was revoked for cause and never reissued or
was suspended for cause and the terms of suspension have not been
fulfilled, or by reason of the facts and circumstances touching the
organization, control, and management of the partnership or
corporation business the policy of the business will be directed,
controlled, or managed by individuals, who, by reason of their
conviction of violations of the provisions of this part, would be
ineligible for a license and by licensing the corporation or
partnership the purposes of this part would likely be defeated.
(d) The applicant, or one of the limited or general partners, if
the applicant be a partnership, or one or more of the officers or
directors of the corporation, if the corporation be the applicant, or
one or more of the stockholders, if the policy of the business will
be directed, controlled, or managed by that stockholder or
stockholders, has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving
moral turpitude, or has been held liable in a civil court action for
any act or conduct that involved moral turpitude and is substantially
related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the licensed
activity. A conviction after a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to
be a conviction within the meaning of this section.
(e) The information contained in the application is incorrect.
(f) Upon investigation, the business history required by Section
18050 contains incomplete or incorrect information, or reflects
substantial business irregularities.
(g) The decision of the department to cancel, suspend, or revoke a
license has been entered, and the applicant was the licensee, or a
copartner, officer, director, or stockholder of that licensee.
(h) The existence of any of the causes specified in Section 18058
as a cause to suspend or revoke the license issued to a licensee.
(i) An applicant for a dealer's license has failed to effectively
endorse an authorization for disclosure of an account or accounts
relating to the operation of the dealership, as provided for in
Section 7473 of the Government Code.
(j) The applicant has outstanding an unsatisfied final judgment
rendered in connection with an activity licensed under this part.
(k) The applicant or licensee has failed to pay over funds or
property received in the course of employment to a dealer entitled
thereto.
(l) The applicant has acted as a manufactured home, mobilehome, or
commercial coach salesperson or engaged in this activity for, or on
behalf of, more than a single person whose business does not have
identical ownership and structure. The activity shall be for a
licensed dealer. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to
restrict the number of dealerships of which a person may be an
owner, officer, or director, nor to preclude a manufactured home,
mobilehome, or commercial coach salesperson from working at more than
one location of a single dealer, if the business of the dealer has
identical ownership and structure.