HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 875
Insurance Commissioner. Upon the adoption of any such
amendment or change, following its approval by the Insur-
ance Commissioner, such corporation shall file a copy thereof
with the Insurance Commissioner, duly certified to by at least
two (2) of the executive officers of such corporation.,
242. (Penalties.) Any person or corporation engaging in
the business of operating Health Service Plans without first
having procured a license from the Insurance Commissioner,
as required by this sub-title, and any person or corpora-
tion violating any provisions of any section of this sub-
title, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100)
or more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for each and
every such offense. Any person making any wilfully false
statement in any written document required by any section of
this sub-title to be filed with the Insurance Commissioner, or
while under oath administered by the Commissioner or any
examiner at any investigation or hearing conducted by said
Insurance Commissioner or examiner, shall be deemed to be
guilty of perjury and shall be proceeded against and pun-
ished as provided by the statutes of this State in relation to the
crime of perjury.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 33 of said
Article 48A (1943 Supplement), title "General Provisions",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:
33. (Definition of Insurance Company.) As used in Sec-
tions 15, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 82, 83 and 86 of this Article,
the phrase "insurance company", in addition to stock com-
panies, includes mutual insurance companies, fraternal bene-
ficiary associations, non-profit health service plan corpora-
tions, and attorneys-in-fact for reciprocal exchanges or inter-
insurers.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and they
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.
Approved April 27, 1945.
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