Every insurer, nonprofit health care plan, health maintenance organization, prepaid dental plan or prearranged funeral plan transacting business in New Mexico that fails to pay when due any fees as required in Chapter 59A, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be liable to the state for the amount thereof and for penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each month or part thereof it has failed to pay the fees when due. Services of process in any action against a person to recover the fee or penalty may be made upon the superintendent as attorney for service of process as provided in Section 59A-5-32 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 104; 1987, ch. 259, § 6; 1988, ch. 76, § 2; 1993, ch. 320, § 16; 2018, ch. 57, § 15.
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Temporary provisions. — Laws 2018, ch. 57, § 30 provided that:
A. On January 1, 2020, all personnel directly involved with the audit and collection of the taxes imposed pursuant to the New Mexico Insurance Code prior to the effective date of this act, functions, appropriations, money, records, furniture, equipment and other property of, or attributable to, the financial audit bureau of the office of superintendent of insurance shall be transferred to the taxation and revenue department.
B. On January 1, 2020, no contractual obligations of the office of superintendent of insurance shall be binding on the taxation and revenue department.
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