HOUSE BILL 79

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

INTRODUCED BY

Dayan Hochman-Vigil

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO INSURANCE; MANDATING THAT A HEARING TO CONSIDER PROMULGATION OF PREMIUM RATES AND OTHER TITLE INSURANCE MATTERS BE HELD EVERY THREE YEARS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 59A-30-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, Chapter 28, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

     "59A-30-8. HEARINGS--NOTICE.--

          A. The superintendent shall commence a hearing [during] no earlier than November 1 of [each odd-numbered] every third calendar year to consider promulgation of premium rates and any other matters related to the regulation of the business of title insurance deemed necessary by the superintendent.

          B. The superintendent may, in the superintendent's discretion, hold a public hearing at any time to consider promulgation of premium rates and such other matters and subjects related to the regulation of the business of title insurance as the superintendent shall determine necessary or proper.

          C. Notice of the public hearings provided for in Subsections A and B of this section shall be as provided in Subsection A of Section 59A-4-16 NMSA 1978.

          D. The superintendent may promulgate premium rates and forms of title insurance policies only after a public hearing as provided in Subsections A and B of this section.

          E. After the collection of all evidence relevant to the hearing, the superintendent shall file a notice of closure of the administrative record. The superintendent shall issue a decision within sixty days following the filing of the notice of closure of the administrative record for the public hearing provided for in Subsections A and B of this section. However, if the superintendent determines that the data and information presented to the superintendent pursuant to Section 59A-30-7 NMSA 1978 are incomplete, inaccurate or otherwise insufficient to determine whether a change in rates is warranted, the superintendent shall require a party, intervenor or participant at the public hearing to furnish the additional necessary data and information, and, in such event, the period of time allowed for the superintendent to issue a decision shall commence from the date such additional data and information are furnished."

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