l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1531

Insurance; require Dept. of Insurance to develop list of engineers that may be used to determine whether wind or water damage.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE SHALL DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A LIST OF ENGINEERS LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE WHOSE SERVICES MAY BE USED TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING WHETHER WIND OR WATER CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT IS THE BASIS OF A CLAIM FILED BY AN INSURED AGAINST AN INSURER; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INSURER OR INSURED DESIRES TO USE THE SERVICE OF AN ENGINEER FOR SUCH PURPOSES, ONLY ENGINEERS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S LIST MAY BE USED AND THE INSURED SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELECT THE ENGINEER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

InsuranceJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published