Section 230-RICR-20-60-3.4 - Scope and PurposeA. The provisions of this Part shall apply to all insurance Rate Filings subject to the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 27-6, 27-7.1, 27-9 and 27-44 provided such Rate Filings are the subject of a hearing pursuant to the statute. When the circumstances of a particular proceeding require more detailed procedures than those set forth in this Part, additional procedures that assure expeditious review may be ordered by the Director or Hearing Officer applicable to that particular proceeding.B. This Part shall be read in conjunction with any and all other procedural Parts adopted by the Department. In the event of a conflict, the provision of this Part shall control in rate hearings subject to its provisions.C. The purposes of this Part are as follows: 1. To expedite the orderly conduct and disposition of property and casualty and workers' compensation insurance rate hearings.2. To enable all parties to discover the positions of all other parties with respect to each filing prior to the actual hearing.3. To guarantee that an impartial Hearing Officer will preside at all hearings.4. To encourage and promote settlement of all procedural matters relating to each filing without the necessity of formal adversary proceedings.5. To limit any final decision of the Director to evidence contained in the record, stipulations of fact, and matters officially noticed; and6. To provide for a final decision on a filing within one hundred twenty (120) days from the filing date referred to in § 3.8(B) of this Part.D. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Part or by order of the Director, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included and Saturdays, Sundays and State holidays shall be counted only when the period described is more than seven (7) days. The last day of the period so computed is to be included unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday. Where the time period within which an action must be taken is specified by statute, the terms of the statute control and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply.E. When by this Part or by a notice or order issued by the Director or Hearing Officer, an act is required or allowed to be done at, before, or within a specified time, the Director or Hearing Officer, for cause shown, may at any time, in his or her discretion, with or without request, motion or notice, order the period enlarged before the expiration of the period originally prescribed or as extended by a previous order, provided that time limits or periods that apply to other Persons affected by the resulting change or delay are also adjusted appropriately. Requests for enlargement of time that are filed after expiration of the period originally prescribed or as extended by previous order will be granted only in exceptional circumstances.230 R.I. Code R. 230-RICR-20-60-3.4