(a) All licenses, permits, tags reservations, and other entitlements authorized by this code shall be prepared and issued by the department.
(b) The commission shall determine the form of all licenses, permits, tags, reservations, and other entitlements and the method of carrying and displaying all licenses, and may require and prescribe the form of applications therefor and the form of any contrivance to be used in connection therewith.
(c) Whenever any provision of this code provides for a permit, license, tag, reservation, application, or other entitlement, the commission shall, in accordance with the provision, prescribe the terms and conditions under which the permit, license, tag, reservation, application, or other entitlement shall be issued and the department shall issue the permit, license, tag, reservation, application, or other entitlement in accordance therewith and with the applicable provisions of law.
(d) Whenever this code does not specify whether a fee is to be collected, or does not specify the amount of a fee to be collected for the issuance of any license, tag, permit, application, reservation, or other entitlement, the commission may establish a fee or the amount thereof by regulation. The commission may also provide for the change in the amount of the fee in accordance with Section 713. However, no fee may exceed the reasonable costs incurred by the department in implementing and administering the program or activity to which the license, tag, permit, application, reservation, or other entitlement is related.
(e) Whenever this code provides for a license, tag, permit, reservation, or other entitlement, the commission may establish a nonrefundable application fee, not to exceed seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) sufficient to pay the department’s costs for issuing the license, tag, permit, reservation, or other entitlement and may adjust the application fee in accordance with Section 713.