Division of Rate Counsel; payment of expenses of division; annual insurance assessment.
N.J. Stat. § 52:27EE-53
in effect53. Division of Rate Counsel; payment of expenses of division; annual insurance assessment. a. Annual insurance assessment. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Department of the Treasury shall, on or before August 15 in each year, ascertain and certify to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance by category the total amount of expenses incurred by the State in connection with the administration of the special functions of the Division of Rate Counsel relative to the expenses of the Division of Rate Counsel in connection with the administration of insurance rate cases during the preceding fiscal year. The Department of Banking and Insurance shall make a separate special assessment on lines of insurance subject to the jurisdiction of the Director of the Division of Rate Counsel pursuant to subsection b. of section 48 of P.L.2005, c.155 (C.52:27EE-48), on an annual basis, in accordance with the formula set forth in P.L.1995, c.156 (C.17:1C-19 et seq.). b. Calculation of annual insurance assessment. The annual assessment shall be no more than a specified aggregate amount adjusted annually for inflation, which shall be calculated and applied separately from the maximum total assessment set forth in section 13 of P.L.1995, c.156 (C.17:1C-31). The amount collected for expenses pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature for those expenses. L.2005, c.155, s.53; amended 2010, c.34, s.35.
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