Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 114-5-2 - Filing Procedures For Fire Rating Organizations2.1. Notification of cities or towns of proposed grading schedule changes. -- Within thirty (30) days after the Insurance Commissioner has received any filing made by any fire rating organization, if the filing contains changes in standard schedule for grading cities and towns of the United States, the Commissioner may forward to the city official of all towns or cities affected by such filing a letter, which shall contain the following information: a) Notification that the fire rating organization has made said filing including the date of filing.b) A synopsis of the proposed changes.c) An analysis of how the proposed changes, if approved, may generally affect the towns or cities.d) Notification to towns or cities of their right to request a hearing regarding the filing before action is taken by the Commissioner.2.2. Cities' or towns' right to hearing. -- All towns or cities in West Virginia affected by said filing may file within ten (10) days of receipt of the notification letter referred to in Section 2.1 of this regulation, a request in writing for hearing before the Insurance Commissioner to allow the towns or cities a right to be heard in connection with said filing. A copy of said request shall also be directed to the fire rating organization in question.2.3. Form of written request for hearing. -- Any town or city which desires a hearing under the provisions of this regulation should also set forth in said written request the general objections which it has to the filing.2.4. Notice of hearing. -- Upon receipt of the request for hearing from any town or city, the Commissioner shall notify said town or city and the fire rating organization involved of the time and place of hearing, which notice shall be in compliance with chapters twenty-nine-a and thirty-three of the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended.2.5. Hearing procedures, review period, decision by commissioner. -- The general procedures for hearing, time within which the Commissioner may make the decision to approve or disapprove said filing and notification to interested parties of the Commissioner's decision are set forth in section thirteen, article two, chapter thirty-three of the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended.