Section 11408 Of Chapter 2.5. Registration Services From California Vehicle Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 2.5.
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. (a) The director may issue an order to grant an unrestricted
or a restricted license to act as a registration service, or an
order to deny, suspend, revoke, or cancel a license to act as a
registration service.
(b) The order shall become final 30 days from issuance, unless the
denied or restricted applicant or licensee files with the department
a request for a hearing. Hearings shall be held pursuant to Chapter
5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2
of the Government Code.
(c) Any registration service may be served with an accusation
issued pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part
1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code by registered mail
to the address of the principal place of business on file with the
department, whether or not the business has been closed or
terminated, unless the registration service has notified the
department in writing of another address where service shall be made.
(d) The department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend the
license issued to a registration service for not more than 30 days
if the director finds that action is required in the public interest.
In that case, a hearing shall be held and a decision issued within
30 days after notice of the temporary suspension or cancellation.
(e) The director may, following the filing of a statement of
issues or an accusation against an applicant or a registration
service, with the consent of the applicant or licensee, enter into a
compromise settlement agreement with a stipulated restriction or
penalty whereby the applicant or licensee accepts the terms and
conditions of the agreement without hearing or appeal by any party
thereto.
(1) The compromise settlement agreement may provide for a
restricted license, special operating terms and conditions, a higher
bond, a monetary penalty, or any other term or condition agreeable to
the parties.
(2) The compromise settlement agreement shall be signed by the
respondent applicant or licensee, the director, and the accuser, or
their authorized representatives, and filed with the Office of
Administrative Hearings, together with the department's notice of
withdrawal of the statement of issues or the accusation upon which
the action was initiated.
(3) A failure of the respondent applicant or licensee to carry out
a compromise settlement agreement entered into under this section is
a separate cause to refuse to issue, or to suspend, revoke, or
cancel, any license authorizing the respondent to act as a
registration service.
(f) Any person whose license to act as a registration service was
suspended for cause and the terms of the suspension are unfulfilled,
or whose license was revoked for cause, may reapply for a license to
act as a registration service after not less than one year from the
effective date of the suspension or revocation action.
(g) The issuance of a new license to that person is within the
sole discretion of the department, and a hearing regarding that
issuance shall be held only upon the consent of the director.