§36-2204. Statements and reports – Taxes, fees and penalties.

36 OK Stat § 36-2204 (2019) (N/A)
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A. A medical professional liability trust shall file the following items with the Commissioner:

1. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the trust as of the end of the quarterly period, a statement of the revenue and expenditures of the trust, and a statement of the changes in corpus of the trust for the period, in each case accompanied by a certificate to the effect that the statements were prepared from the official books and records of the trust;

2. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the trust as of the end of that year, a statement of the revenue and expenditures of the trust, and a statement of the changes in corpus of the trust for that year, in each case accompanied by a certificate signed by a firm of independent certified public accountants indicating that the firm has conducted an audit of those statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and indicating the results of the audit;

3. The independently audited annual financial statement of the trust by June 1 of each year;

4. The closed claim reports as are required pursuant to Sections 6810 through 6816 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Rates and forms within thirty (30) days after issuance of the first policy and within thirty (30) days after any changes to the previously filed rates and forms; and

6. Any amendment to the trust instrument within thirty (30) days of making the amendment.

B. A trust shall, annually, on or before the first day of March, report under oath to the Commissioner, the total amount of direct written consideration received from the membership during the preceding calendar year, or since the last return of such considerations was made by such trust.

1. A trust shall pay to the Department, on or before March 1, an annual tax on all direct written considerations, after all returned considerations are deducted for the privileges of having written, continued and/or serviced contracts of indemnity except considerations paid by any governmental agency or instrumentality. The rate of taxation shall be two and twenty-five one-hundredths percent (2.25%). If any trust fails to remit such taxes in a timely manner, it shall remain liable therefor together with interest thereon at an annual rate equal to the average United States Treasury Bill rate of the preceding calendar year as certified by the State Treasurer on the first regular business day in January of each year, plus four (4) percentage points.

2. For any trust taxed pursuant to this section, the annual tax shall be in lieu of all other state taxes or fees, except the taxes and fees of any subdivision or municipality of the state and except ad valorem taxes. Any trust failing to make such returns and payments promptly and correctly shall forfeit and pay to the Commissioner, in addition to the amount of said taxes and fees and interest, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the unpaid amount, whichever is greater; and the trust so failing or neglecting for sixty (60) days shall thereafter be debarred from transacting any business in this state until said taxes, fees and penalties are fully paid.

3. All taxes, fees and penalties collected under this section shall be reported and disbursed by the Commissioner and appropriated pursuant to the provisions of Section 312.1 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 61, eff. July 1, 2004.