1. No vendor shall sell or solicit portable electronics insurance coverage in this state unless such vendor has obtained a portable electronics insurance license.

2. A vendor applying for a portable electronics insurance license shall make application to the director on the prescribed form as required. On the prescribed form, the vendor shall be required to provide the name for an employee or officer of the vendor that is designated by the vendor as the person responsible for the vendor’s compliance with the requirements of this section and such designated responsible person shall not be required to hold an insurance producer license. Such license shall authorize an employee or authorized representative of a vendor to sell or offer coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance to a customer at each location at which the vendor engages in a portable electronics transaction.

3. Any vendor licensed under sections 379.1500 to 379.1550 shall pay an initial license fee to the director in an amount prescribed by the director by rule, but not to exceed one thousand dollars, and shall pay a renewal fee in an amount prescribed by the director by rule, but not to exceed five hundred dollars. License fees shall be deposited in the insurance dedicated fund.

4. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 375.012 to 375.018, a portable electronics insurance license, if not renewed by the director by its expiration date, shall terminate on its expiration date and shall not after such date authorize its holder to sell or solicit any portable electronics insurance under sections 379.1500 to 379.1550.