if (runningrates['maxrate'] != new_maxrate) or \
(runningrates['minrate'] != self.MinRate * 1000) or \
(runningrates['maxexemptrate'] != new_maxi2rate) or \
if (runningrates['maxrate'] != new_maxrate) or \
(runningrates['minrate'] != self.MinRate * 1000) or \
(runningrates['maxexemptrate'] != new_maxi2rate) or \