Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) A traffic violator school may apply to
change its business name (DBA) or add a DBA as follows:
(1) Submit, to the headquarters office of the
department, a written request for name approval. A business name is subject to
department approval pursuant to Section
345.02(d)(1)(B)
of this Article.
(2) The department
shall notify the school of approval or disapproval of the proposed name. The
department shall reserve the proposed name as approved for the school for a
period of six months from the date of request for approval.
(3) After receipt of department approval of
the proposed name, the traffic violator school shall submit, to the
headquarters office of the department, the following:
(A) An Application for Modifications to a
Traffic Violator School License, form OL 736 (Rev 2/2011), which is herby
incorporated by reference.
(B) A
rider to the traffic violator school's bond filed pursuant to Vehicle Code
section 11202(a)(3), reflecting the new or additional business name.
(C) The application fee, as specified in
Section 345.00 of this
Article.
(4) The school
shall continue to do business under its current name until notified in writing
by the department that the application has been approved and until the license
reflecting the new name is received from the department.
(5) Within 30 days of receipt of the new
owner license, the school operator and all licensed instructors employed by the
school shall apply to the department to change the school name on their
licenses to reflect the new school name, pursuant to Section
345.22(a) of this
Article.
(6) Any operator or
instructor who fails to make application in the new school name within the
prescribed 30 day period will be considered to be unlicensed and unable to
perform operator or instructor duties until a new license is
obtained.
(b) A traffic
violator school may apply to change its primary business location as follows:
(1) Submit, to any inspector office of the
department, the application fee, as specified in Section
345.00 of this Article, and form
OL 736, with the applicable sections completed.
(2) If the school does not own the property,
a copy of the lease or rental agreement or a Traffic Violator School Classroom
Lease or Rental Agreement, form OL 144 (Rev 12/2010).
(3) The department shall notify the applicant
in writing when the location is approved for use or disapproved pursuant to
Section 345.74.
(c) A traffic violator school shall notify
the department within 10 days of any change in corporate officer structure by
submitting to the headquarters office of the department, the application fee,
as specified in Section
345.00 of this Article, a personal
history questionnaire for each officer and/or director being added to the
corporate structure pursuant to Section
345.68 of this Article, one set of
fingerprints for each officer and/or director being added to the corporate
structure pursuant to Section
345.72, and payment of a
fingerprint processing fee as described in Vehicle Code section 1668(b), for
each applicant, and either:
(1) A certified
copy of the corporate minutes reflecting the change; or
(2) A Corporate Officer and/or Director
Change, form OL 15 (Rev 2/2011), which is hereby incorporated by
reference.
(d) A traffic
violator school shall notify the department in writing at its headquarters of
any other changes to the information contained on the Application for Traffic
Violator School (TVS) Owner License or of any change of telephone numbers
within ten days of the change.
1. New
section filed 10-26-94; operative 11-25-94 (Register 94, No. 43).
2.
Amendment of subsections (a)(3)(C), (b)(1) and (c) filed 8-23-2011; operative
9-1-2011 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2011, No.
34).
3. Amendment filed 4-19-2012; operative 5-19-2012 (Register
2012, No. 16).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651, 1665, 11202(a)(2)
and 11219, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 11204, 11208 and 11213, Vehicle
Code.
