(1) When the department receives applications after the initial lottery application deadline for the available license(s) in a quota area, the following procedures apply:

(a) When fewer applications than licenses available are received, the applications will be processed;

(b) If there are more applicants than licenses available in a quota area, then the licenses will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. The postmark on each application will establish which of the applications will be processed; and

(c) Those applications received by the department with the same postmark for an available license will be considered and will proceed to a lottery process.