§ 2260. Annual reports

(a) Annually, on or before April 1, each company registered under this chapter shall file a report with the Commissioner under oath and in the form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner. In addition to information required by section 2120 of this title, the report shall include any information the Commissioner requires concerning the company's business and operations during the preceding calendar year within Vermont and, in addition, shall include:

(1) the number of contracts entered into;

(2) the dollar value of funded amounts to consumers;

(3) the dollar value of charges under each contract, itemized and including the annual rate of return;

(4) the dollar amount and number of litigation funding transactions in which the realization to the company was as contracted; and

(5) the dollar amount and number of litigation funding transactions in which the realization to the company was less than contracted.

[Subsection (b) repealed effective December 31, 2021.]

(b) To assist the general public with more fully understanding the nature of consumer litigation funding in Vermont, the Commissioner shall summarize and analyze relevant data submitted under this section and publish the summary and analysis on a web page maintained by the Department of Financial Regulation, as well as on a web page maintained by the Office of the Attorney General.

[Subsection (c) repealed effective December 31, 2021.]

(c) Annually, beginning on or before October 1, 2017, the Commissioner and Attorney General shall report jointly to the General Assembly on the status of consumer litigation funding in Vermont and make any recommendations they deem necessary to improve the regulatory framework of consumer litigation funding, including a recommendation on whether Vermont should limit charges imposed under a consumer litigation funding contract. (Added 2015, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § A.1; amended 2019, No. 20, § 39; 2019, No. 20, § 109(b), eff. Dec. 31, 2021.)