License: Application; fee; issuance; contents; posting; inclusion of license number in certain documents; expiration; renewal. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. An application for a license to operate a body shop must be filed with the Department upon forms supplied by the Department. The application must be accompanied by such proof as the Department requires to demonstrate that the applicant meets the statutory requirements to operate a body shop.
2. The Department shall charge a fee of $300 for the issuance or renewal of a license to operate a body shop. Fees collected by the Department pursuant to this subsection must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Account for Regulation of Salvage Pools, Automobile Wreckers, Body Shops and Garages.
3. Upon receipt of the application and when satisfied that the applicant is entitled thereto, the Department shall issue to the applicant a license to operate a body shop. The license must contain the name and the address of the body shop and the name of the operator.
4. Upon receipt of the license, the operator shall post the license in a conspicuous place clearly visible to the general public in the body shop and include the license number on all estimates and invoices for repairs.
5. A license expires on April 30 of each year.
6. A licensee may renew his license by submitting to the Department:
(a) A completed application for renewal upon a form supplied by the Department; and
(b) The fee for renewal of a license provided in subsection 2.
Last modified: February 25, 2006