(a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision of this article or any other provision of this code, the commissioner may do any of the following:
(1) After notice and hearing, suspend or revoke the license of the car rental agent.
(2) After notice and hearing impose fines on the car rental agent for its conduct or that of its endorsees.
(3) After notice and hearing, impose other penalties, that the commissioner deems necessary and convenient to carry out the purpose of this code, including suspending the privilege of transacting insurance at specific rental locations where violations have occurred, and suspending or revoking the endorsement of individual endorsees or manager endorsees.
(b) If any person sells insurance in connection with, or incidental to, rental car agreements or claims to be or holds an organization out as a car rental agent without obtaining the license required by this article, or as being an endorsee when that person is not an endorsee, or as being licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1631) without obtaining that license, the commissioner may issue a cease and desist order pursuant to Section 12921.8.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of Section 1748.5 are applicable to both the car rental agent and any endorsee to the license of the car rental agent.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 184, Sec. 35. (SB 1255) Effective January 1, 2021.)