§ 58-47-135.  Assessment plan and indemnity agreement.

(a) Each group shall establish an assessment plan that provides for a reasonable and equitable mechanism for assessing its members. The plan and any amendments shall be approved by the Commissioner.  The plan shall include descriptions of the circumstances that initiate an assessment, basis, and allocation to members of the amount being assessed, and collection of the assessment.

(b) The board shall notify the Commissioner of an assessment no fewer than 60 days before an assessment.

(c) The Commissioner shall impose an assessment on members if the board or third-party administrator fails to take action to correct a hazardous financial condition.

(d) Every group shall file an indemnity agreement on a form prescribed by the Commissioner, which jointly and severally binds the members of the group to comply with the provisions of the act and pay obligations imposed by the Act. (1997-362, s. 3.)