323.075.  Third-party compensation, financial responsibility to be demonstrated for registration, methods — rulemaking authority. — 1.  Every person required to be registered under subsection 1 of section 323.060 shall demonstrate financial responsibility for compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by the release of liquefied petroleum gas.  The minimum amount of financial responsibility shall be one million dollars per occurrence with an annual aggregate of two million dollars.

  2.  A person may demonstrate financial responsibility required in subsection 1 of this section either by self insurance or by being insured in the manner set forth in this section.

  3.  A registrant may demonstrate financial responsibility by obtaining liability insurance in the required amounts as an endorsement to an existing policy or as a separate policy issued by an insurance company authorized by the department of commerce and insurance to transact the business of insurance in the state of Missouri.  The endorsement or policy shall include a requirement that the insurance company deliver a copy of any final notice of cancellation to the commission at the same time such a notice is provided to the insured.  A copy of the certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage shall accompany any original application.  The original insurance policy, any relevant endorsements, and the certificate of insurance must be made available upon request for examination and copying by the commission.

  4.  The commission may promulgate regulations governing acceptable forms of self insurance.

  5.  Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028.  This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2005, shall be invalid and void.