(a) The Department of Revenue and Taxation after notice and hearing may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a certificate or the special plates issued to a dealer or distributor upon determining that any such person is not lawfully entitled thereto, has made or knowingly or negligently permitted any illegal use of such plate, has committed fraud in the registration of vehicle, has failed to give notices of transfer when and as required by this Title, or has failed to deliver to a transferee lawfully entitled thereto a properly endorsed certificate of ownership.

(b) The Department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend or refuse to renew those certificates or special plates issued to a dealer or distributor for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, if the Director of Revenue and Taxation finds that such action is required in the public interest. In any such case a hearing shall be held and the decision thereon issued within thirty (30) days after notice of the temporary suspension.

(c) Every hearing provided for in this Section shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Law.

SOURCE: GC § 23348, enacted by P.L. 1-088 (Nov. 29, 1952).