Section 27-30-10

Certificate of authority - Expiration; renewal.

(a) The certificate of authority of a mutual aid association issued under this chapter shall expire annually at midnight on the May 31 next following the date of issuance or renewal.

(b) If the association has filed its annual statement for the preceding calendar year, has paid its taxes as provided for in this chapter and is otherwise entitled thereto under this chapter, the commissioner shall annually as of June 1, issue to the association a renewal certificate of authority if written request of the association therefor, accompanied by the annual renewal fee specified in Section 27-4-2, is received by the commissioner not later than the preceding May 1. If such request for renewal and fee is received by the commissioner after such May 1, but prior to the next following June 15, the commissioner may, in his discretion, issue to the association a renewal certificate of authority as of such June 1 if the request is also accompanied by a reinstatement fee in the amount specified in paragraph (a) (1) d of Section 27-4-2.

(Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §566.)