Tennessee § 56-22-117 - Violations — Hearings.

§ 56-22-117. Violations — Hearings.

The commissioner may, after notice and a hearing, levy a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) against a county mutual insurance company or an entity required to be licensed as a county mutual insurance company, upon a finding that the county mutual insurance company, the entity required to be licensed as a county mutual insurance company, an officer or director of the county mutual insurance company, or the entity required to be licensed as a county mutual insurance company: Has violated this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter; Has violated any order issued by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, those orders issued under §§ 56-22-111, 56-22-115 and 56-22-116; Is in a hazardous operating condition; Has made a filing with the commissioner containing fraudulent or materially false or misleading statements of fact; Has failed or refused to pay for the costs of any examination of the county mutual insurance company undertaken under this chapter; Has been convicted of a felony; or Has committed any unfair act or practice as set forth in § 56-8-103 or § 56-8-104. All hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate violation for purposes of determining the possible amount of penalty under this section. Acts 2006, ch. 689, §§ 3, 20. Compiler's Notes. Former chapter 22, §§ 56-22-101 — 56-22-130 (Acts 1907, ch. 463, §§ 1-19; Acts 1921, ch. 159, §§ 1, 3-19; 1925, ch. 84, §§ 1-4; Shan., §§ 3369a30-3369a58; Shan. Supp., §§ 3369a58b1-3369a58b4; Code 1932, §§ 6284, 6285, 6287-6316; Acts 1945, ch. 133, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6284; 1953, ch. 214, §§ 1-3; 1961, ch. 79, § 1; 1968, ch. 486, §§ 1, 2; 1969, ch. 155, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; Acts 1971, ch. 319, § 1; 1974, ch. 519, § 1; 1975, ch. 118, § 1; 1977, ch. 301, §§ 1, 2; 1978, ch. 554, § 1; 1979, ch. 298, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-2101-56 -2134; Acts 1982, ch. 846, § 1; 1983, ch. 85, § 3, 1988, ch. 547, §§ 1-3; 1989, ch. 488, § 1; 2001, ch. 136, §§ 1, 2; 2003, ch. 215, § 7), concerning county mutual fire insurance companies, was repealed by Acts 2006, ch. 689, § 3, effective January 1, 2007.