PRINTER'S NO. 326
No. 309 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, WASHINGTON, TIGUE, LAUGHLIN, YOUNGBLOOD,
MICHLOVIC AND HARHAI, JANUARY 31, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An
2 act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and
3 consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of
4 insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and
5 protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds
6 associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and
7 fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and
8 supervision of insurance carried by such companies,
9 associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by
10 the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and
11 repealing existing laws," regulating indemnity for public
12 sewer and water line damages.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
16 as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
17 section to read:
18 Section 509. Sewer and Water Line Coverage.--Casualty
19 insurance companies doing business in this Commonwealth
20 providing coverage against loss or damage caused by broken
21 public sewer or water lines shall not be subrogated to
22 governmental immunity defenses for damages caused by municipal
1 water and sewer lines.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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