California · Vehicle Code

VEH §11215: The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if any of the following circumstances exist: (a) The department finds and determines that the licens

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What this law says, in plain English

A licensing authority may suspend or revoke a traffic violator school license if the licensee fails to meet requirements, violates regulations, engages in fraud, makes false advertising claims, collects fees improperly, is convicted of certain traffic offenses, or fails to maintain required bonding.

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The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if any of the following circumstances exist: (a) The department finds and determines that the licensee ceases to meet any requirement to obtain a license under this chapter. (b) The holder fails to comply with, or otherwise violates, a provision of this chapter or a regulation or requirement of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter. (c) The licensee engages in fraudulent practices with respect to its activities licensed under this chapter or induces or fails to promptly report to the department any known fraud or fraudulent practices on the part of an employee of the traffic violator school. (d) The licensee represents himself or herself as an agent or employee of the department or uses advertising designed to create the impression, or that would reasonably have the effect of leading persons to believe that the licensee was in fact an employee or representative of the department, or whenever the licensee advertises, in any manner or means, a statement that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading. (e) The licensee or an employee or agent of the licensee collects fees for or preregisters a person in traffic violator school or solicits traffic violator school instruction in an office of the department or in a court or within 500 feet of a court. (f) The licensee is convicted of violating Section 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20006, 20008, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153 of this code or subdivision (b) of Section 191.5 or Section 192 of the Penal Code. A conviction after a plea of nolo contendere is a conviction within the meaning of this section. (g) The traffic violator school owner teaches, or permits an employee to teach, traffic safety instruction without a valid instructor’s license. (h) The traffic violator school owner does not have in effect a bond as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 11202 or a deposit in lieu of the bond, as specified in Section 11203.

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