New Jersey Statutes Title 17. Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance 17 § 48-11

Every hospital service corporation transacting business in this State shall annually on or before the first day of March file in the Department of Banking and Insurance a statement, subscribed and sworn to by its president and secretary, or in their absence, by two of its principal officers, showing its financial condition at the close of business on the thirty-first day of December of the year last preceding, and its business for that year, which statement shall be in such form and contain such matters as the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall prescribe; said commissioner may also address inquiries to any such corporation or its officers in relation to its condition or affairs, or any matter connected with its transactions, and it shall be the duty of the officers of such corporation to promptly reply in writing to all such inquiries; for good cause shown the commissioner may extend the time within which any such statement may be filed.

Any hospital service corporation neglecting to make and file its annual statement in the form and within the time provided by the last preceding section or neglecting to reply in writing to inquiries of the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance within such reasonable time as may be specified by him shall forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day's neglect, to be recovered in a civil action, and upon notice by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to that effect its authority to do new business in this State shall cease while such default continues.