§ 36-908. Administrative penalties.
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The Insurance Commissioner may, if the Commissioner finds that any person or organization has violated the provisions of any statute for which the Commissioner has jurisdiction, impose a penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each such violation. Such penalties may be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
No penalty shall be imposed except upon a written order of the Commissioner, stating the findings of the Commissioner made after a hearing held not less than ten (10) days after written notice to a person or organization alleged to have violated any statute for which the Commissioner has jurisdiction specifying the alleged violation.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 247, § 908, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 68, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1987, c. 210, § 24, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 36, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 264, § 21, eff. July 1, 2006.