False or misleading information - penalties.

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(1) A person or organization shall not knowingly withhold information that will affect the rates or premiums chargeable under this part 1 or knowingly give false or misleading information to the commissioner or any statistical agent, advisory organization, or carrier. A person or organization who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Upon a finding that any person or organization has knowingly violated subsection (1) of this section, the commissioner may impose a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation but, if the violation is found to be willful, a penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each violation. The penalties may be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.

Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 2255, § 7, effective July 1.

Cross references: In 2008, this section was enacted by the "Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act". For the short title and legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 439, Session Laws of Colorado 2008.


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