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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4351.7

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Department: means the Department of Insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4351.1
  • Fund: means the self-insurance fund established pursuant to this Part to provide automobile coverage for timber transportation vehicles, agriculture transportation vehicles, or a combination of both types of vehicles and shall be known as the Louisiana Agriculture Transportation Group Self-Insured Fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4351.1

            A. The fund shall file rates on an actuarially justified basis with the department and may use the rates ninety days after filing, unless the department disapproves the use of rates within the ninety-day period.

            B. The fund shall provide a reasonable procedure for any member aggrieved by the fund to request in written form a review of the application of the rating system for the coverage afforded by the fund. The fund shall have thirty days from receipt to grant or deny the request in written form. If the fund rejects the request or fails to grant or reject the request within the thirty-day period, the member may, within thirty days of the expiration of the thirty-day period, appeal to the division of administrative law for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. After the hearing, the administrative law judge may affirm, modify, or reverse the action taken by the fund.

            Acts 2022, No. 586, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 598, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.