Section 11620 Of Article 4. Assigned Risk Plans From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
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. (a) The commissioner, after a public hearing, shall approve
or issue a reasonable plan for the equitable apportionment, among
insurers admitted to transact liability insurance, of those
applicants for automobile bodily injury and property damage liability
insurance who are in good faith entitled to but are unable to
procure that insurance through ordinary methods. The commissioner
shall require the payment of five hundred ninety dollars ($590), in
advance, as a fee for the filing of amendments to the plan with the
commissioner. The commissioner may approve or issue reasonable
amendments to the plan that are approved by the plan's advisory
committee, if he or she first holds a public hearing to determine
whether the amendments are in keeping with the intent and purpose of
this section. All those insurers shall subscribe to the plan and its
amendments and participate in the plan.
(b) Judicial review of a change to the plan, including rate
revision proceedings, shall be in accordance with Section 1858.6.
(c) The adoption of the plan referenced in subdivision (a), and
any amendments thereto, is not subject to the requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code),
unless written or oral comments submitted pursuant to subdivision (e)
raise regulatory standards set forth in subdivisions (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), and (f) of Section 11349 of the Government Code.
(d) The commissioner shall provide notice of any hearing pursuant
to subdivision (a) by doing all of the following at least 45 days
prior to the hearing:
(1) Publishing the notice in the California Regulatory Notice
Register.
(2) Mailing the notice to the parties on the department's
regulations mailing list.
(3) Posting the notice on the department's public Internet Web
site.
(e) Interested parties may present written or oral comments at the
hearing, or may submit written comments to the contact person
identified in the hearing notice by the date and time posted in the
notice. Before adopting any amendments to the plan, the commissioner
shall consider all comments received on or before the day of the
hearing.