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Miss. Code Ann. § 83-5-17

Revocation of license; administrative fine; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case MIC Life Ins. Co. v. Hicks (2002)

Most recently applied in MIC Life Ins. Co. v. Hicks (July 2002)

Codes, 1906, § 2612; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5075; 1930, § 5136; 1942, § 5638; Laws, 1997, ch. 410, § 3; Laws, 2016, ch. 459, § 21, eff from and after July 1, 2016.

The Commissioner of Insurance may, after notice and a hearing, revoke the authority of a domestic or foreign insurance company or impose an administrative fine, or both, if it violates or neglects to comply with any provision of law obligatory on it, and whenever in the opinion of the commissioner its condition is unsound, or its assets above its liabilities, exclusive of capital and inclusive of unearned premiums, are less than the amount of its original capital or required unimpaired funds. Such administrative fine shall not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation and shall be deposited into the special fund in the State Treasury designated as the “Insurance Department Fund.”

From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.

From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.