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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:22:16",
  "title_number": "22",
  "section_number": "16",
  "citation": "R.S. 22:16",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with written orders or directives; penalties",
  "text": "If any insurance company or rating organization fails to comply with a written directive or order issued by the commissioner of insurance pursuant to this Subpart within thirty days of the issuance thereof, the commissioner may levy and receive a fine of up to twenty-five thousand dollars. If a hearing has been requested by the insurance company or rating organization, the penalty shall not be imposed until such time as the division of administrative law makes a finding and issues an order that the penalty is warranted in a proper hearing, held in the manner provided in Chapter 12 of this Title, R.S. 22:2191 et seq.",
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      "number": "22",
      "name": "INSURANCE CODE"
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      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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      "number": "I",
      "name": "TITLE, DEFINITIONS, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS"
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      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "B",
      "name": "COMPLIANCE WITH CODE REQUIRED; RULES AND REGULATIONS BY COMMISSIONER; QUALIFICATION REQUIRED"
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