SECTIONS 15054-15062 - California Statutes

INSURANCE CODE

SECTION 15054-15062

15054. Every license, branch office certificate, and pocket card
issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the day two years
after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license
was issued. Licenses issued prior to January 1, 2011, shall expire
on May 31 of each even-numbered year. To renew an unexpired license
or certificate, the licensee shall, on or before the date on which it
would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by
the commissioner, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
On renewal, the evidence of renewal of the license or certificate as
the commissioner may prescribe, and renewal pocket cards for the
persons mentioned in Section 15022 shall be issued to the licensee.

15055. Notwithstanding Section 15054, the commissioner may
establish license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued
pursuant to this chapter so as to distribute the renewal work to
permit the most efficient and economic use of personnel and
equipment. In such cases, to the extent practical, provisions shall
be made for the proration or other adjustment of fees so that no
person shall be required to pay more than that which he or she would
have been required to pay and no change in license period or renewal
date shall be made.

15056. Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired
license or branch office certificate may be renewed at any time
within one year after its expiration on the filing of an application
for renewal on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and the payment
of a renewal fee in effect on the last preceding regular renewal
date. If the license or certificate is renewed more than 30 days
after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to
renewal, shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this
chapter. Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on
which the application is filed, on the date on which the renewal fee
is paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is
paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license or
certificate shall continue in effect through the date provided in
Section 15044 which next occurs after the effective date of the
renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed.
Renewal of a license or certificate shall not prohibit the
bringing of disciplinary proceedings for an act committed before the
effective date of the renewal.

15057. A suspended license or branch office certificate is subject
to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but
renewal of the license does not entitle the licensee, while the
license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in
the licensed activity, or any other activity or conduct in violation
of the order or judgment by which the license was suspended, and
renewal of the branch office certificate does not entitle the
licensee, while the certificate remains suspended, and until it is
reinstated, to engage in the license activity at the location for
which the certificate was issued, or to engage in any other activity
or conduct in violation with an order or judgment by which
certificate was suspended.

15058. A revoked license or branch officer certificate is subject
to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed.
If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a
condition precedent to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement
fee in the amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last
regular renewal date before the date on which it is reinstated, plus
the delinquency fee, if any accrued at the time of its revocation.

15059. A license or branch office certificate which is not renewed
within one year after its expiration may not be renewed, restored,
reinstated, or reissued thereafter.
The holder of the license or certificate may obtain a new license
or certificate only on compliance with all of the provisions of this
chapter relating to the issuance of an original license or
certificate.

15059.1. (a) An individual who holds a public insurance adjuster
license and who is not exempt under subdivision (b) shall
satisfactorily complete a minimum of 24 hours, of which three hours
are to be in ethics, of continuing education courses pertinent to the
duties and responsibilities of a public insurance adjuster license,
to be reported to the insurance commissioner on a biennial basis in
conjunction with his or her license renewal cycle.
(b) This section shall not apply to:
(1) A licensee not licensed for one full year prior to the end of
the applicable continuing education biennium.
(2) A licensee holding a nonresident public insurance adjuster
license who has met the continuing education requirements of his or
her designated state or residence.

15060. The amount of fees prescribed by this chapter, unless
otherwise fixed, is that fixed in the following schedule:
(a) The application fee for an original license is twenty-five
dollars ($25).
(b) The application fee for an original branch office certificate
is fifteen dollars ($15).
(c) The fee for an original license in the amount equal to the
renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the
date on which the license is issued, except that, if the license will
expire less than one year after its issuance, then the fee is an
amount equal to 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect on the last
regular renewal date before the date on which the license is issued.
The commissioner may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the
waiver or refund of the original licensee fee where the license is
issued less than 45 days before the date on which it will expire.
(d) The renewal fee shall be fixed by the commissioner as follows:
(1) for a license as a public insurance adjuster, not more than one
hundred dollars ($100) (2) for a branch office certificate, not more
than twenty dollars ($20).
(e) The application and license fee for applications prescribed by
the commissioner, in addition to those in this chapter, and the
application and license fee for a change in the type of business
organization of the licensee, shall be in the amount prescribed by
rule and regulation of the commissioner.
(f) The delinquency fee shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee in
effect on the date of expiration, but not more than twenty-five
dollars ($25).
(g) The fee for reexamination of an applicant is ten dollars
($10).

15061. The department shall receive and account for all moneys
derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each
month, shall report such money to the Controller and shall pay it to
the Treasurer, to the credit of the Insurance Fund.

15062. Application or license fee shall not be refunded except in
accordance with Section 158 of the Business and Professions Code.