(1) The department shall produce for each surplus lines insurance producer, in a form approved by the commissioner, an annual report complying with the requirements of 33-2-310(2), MCA, for a surplus lines insurance producer's annual statement. The department shall distribute such annual reports to surplus lines insurance producers prior to March 1 of each year for their review and submission to the commissioner. Nothing in this section or in the annual report prepared by the department shall relieve a surplus lines insurance producer from the duties imposed by 33-2-310, MCA, and 33-2-311, MCA.