(a) If a licensee violates any provision of this article, the commissioner may do any of the following:
(1) After notice and hearing, revoke or suspend the self-service storage facility’s license.
(2) After notice and hearing, impose other penalties, including suspending the transaction of insurance at specific self-service storage facilities where violations of this article have occurred.
(3) Impose fines and penalties on the self-service storage agent for its conduct or that of its employees.
(b) If any person sells insurance in connection with, or incidental to, self-service storage rental agreements, or holds himself or herself or an organization out as a self-service storage agent without obtaining the license required by this article, the commissioner may issue a cease and desist order pursuant to Section 12921.8.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of Section 1748.5 are applicable to a self-service storage facility or its franchisee issued a license pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 428, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)