§4351.13. Disclosure
A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is an officer, trustee, employee,
administrator, agent, or representative of the group self-insurance fund, as well as any person,
partnership, corporation, banking corporation, or any other legal entity which performs any
service for the group self-insurance fund, or prepares any report, audit, financial statement
or report for, or makes any representation on behalf of, for, or with regard to the group
self-insurance fund, in connection with any investigation, or examination authorized by this
Part, to act with the specific intent to do any of the following:
(1) Represent falsely, directly or indirectly, to the department or any employee,
trustee, or administrator of the department, that an asset of such group self-insurance fund
is unencumbered, or to misrepresent any other material fact pertaining to the status of any
asset or liability of the group self-insurance fund.
(2) Materially misrepresent to the department, or any employee, trustee, or
administrator of the department, the value of any asset or the amount of any liability of the
group self-insurance fund, or any affiliate, subsidiary, or holding fund associated therewith,
provided that with regard to a material misrepresentation of the value of any asset or liability,
any deviation from the actual value of such assets or liability which results from utilization
of and compliance with generally accepted insurance accounting and reporting procedures
shall not be deemed a violation of this Section.
(3) Fail to disclose to the department the existence of any liability of the group
self-insurance fund, or affiliate, subsidiary, or holding company associated therewith when
such disclosure is properly requested or required in writing by an examiner or administrator
of the department.
(4) Materially misrepresent, withhold, deny access to, or otherwise preclude the
obtainment of any information properly requested in writing and in accordance with
provisions of law affecting dissemination or disclosure of information by specific institutions
by an examiner or administrator of the department, which is material and relevant to an
examination properly conducted by the department and examiners and administrators of the
department.
B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section, upon conviction, shall be fined
by the court not more than fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor
for not more than five years, or both.
Acts 2022, No. 586, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 598, §1, eff. June 18,
2022.