SECTION 5.4701. Requests for Additional Supporting Information

(a) The department shall post on the department's website and with the Texas Secretary of State notice of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's (Association) annual rate filing under the Insurance Code §2210.352, other than a filing under the Insurance Code §2210.352(a-1). The notice shall provide:

(1) notice of the filing;

(2) information on how to obtain a copy of the filing;

(3) the time period for submitting written requests for additional supporting information as provided in the Insurance Code §2210.354;

(4) the time period for submitting written comments or information related to the filing as provided in the Insurance Code §2210.352; and

(5) the applicable mail, delivery, and electronic addresses for submitting written requests for additional supporting information and written comments or information related to the filing.

(b) All written requests for additional supporting information and written comments or information related to the filing must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date specified in the notice issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(c) A written request for additional supporting information must meet the requirements of the Insurance Code §2210.354 and be submitted as required in the Insurance Code §2210.354 and this section. The period for submitting a written request for additional supporting information as provided in the Insurance Code §2210.354 and specified in the notice issued in subsection (a) of this section shall be no later than the earlier of:

(1) September 1 of the year in which the filing is made; or

(2) the 16th day after the day the filing is received by the department.

(d) All written comments or information related to the annual rate filing must be submitted as required under this section not later than October 1 of the year in which the filing is made.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.4701 adopted to be effective January 26, 2011, 36 TexReg 266