(a)(1) Except as described in § 31-4727, §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730 apply to policy forms filed 2 years after March 14, 1985.
(2) No form shall be used in the District of Columbia 5 years after March 14, 1985, unless the form complies with § 31-4725 or unless the Commissioner approves the form under § 31-4726.
(3)(A) A form permitted to be used before 5 years after March 14, 1985, and complying with § 31-4725 need not be refiled to be approved under either § 31-4725 or § 31-4726.
(B) The forms described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph may be used in the District of Columbia after the company files with the Commissioner a list of the forms used by the company and qualifying for the subparagraph (A) exception, the form number for each form, and, for each form, the certificate described in § 31-4725(d).
(b) For individual forms and in the discretion of the Commissioner, the Commissioner may extend the deadlines described in subsection (a) of this section.
CREDIT(S)
(June 19, 1934, ch. 672, ch. V, § 30, as added Mar. 14, 1985, D.C. Law 5-160, § 3(h), 32 DCR 39; May 21, 1997, D.C. Law 11-268, § 10, 44 DCR 1730; Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 23(f), 45 DCR 745.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 35-536.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-160, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 31-4725.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-268, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 31-4701.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 31-4705.02.