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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="2-503" title_number="2" title_name="Maryland Insurance Administration" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Insurance Regulation Assessment">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner shall collect the annual assessment fee from each insurer as calculated in § 2-502 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The assessment fee collected under this section is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in addition to any penalties or premium tax imposed under this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>due and payable to the Commissioner on or before a date determined by the Commissioner each year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Failure by an insurer to pay the assessment fee on or before the due date shall subject the insurer to the provisions of §§ 4-113 and 4-114 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to paragraph (1) of this subsection, an assessment fee not paid on or before the due date may be subject to a penalty of 5% and interest at the rate determined under § 13-701(b)(1) of the Tax - General Article from the due date until payment is made to the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an additional amount is found to be due after the assessment fee has been paid to the Commissioner, the additional amount is subject to interest at 6% from the due date until payment is made to the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The total amount of the assessment fee collected by the Commissioner shall be deposited in the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section does not affect any requirement otherwise established by law for the payment of premium taxes by an insurer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
