Minnesota Administrative Rules

2770.4900 FILING ASSESSMENTS.

Filing assessments:

A.

The Committee on Insurance Arbitration by resolution will prescribe the filing assessment for the use of local arbitration facilities.

B.

The obligation for the prescribed filing assessment is incurred upon filing, but payment by the applicant reparation obligor to the Committee on Insurance Arbitration is deferred until the case is closed, either through hearing, settlement, or withdrawal prior to hearing. The prescribed filing assessment shall also be paid in the same manner by a respondent reparation obligor that files a counterclaim. There is no exception to a reparation obligor's obligation to pay the filing assessment.

C.

The secretary of the Committee on Insurance Arbitration is the custodian of the assessment charges collected and shall make expenditures therefrom to defray such arbitration expenses as may be authorized by the Committee on Insurance Arbitration.

D.

The secretary of the Committee on Insurance Arbitration will submit reports on assessments collected and disbursed during such period as may be considered desirable by the Committee on Insurance Arbitration.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 65B.53

History:

17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

September 14, 2007