PRINTER'S NO. 3604
No. 2471 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY MICOZZIE, BUXTON, FICHTER, GODSHALL, MANDERINO,
MUNDY, NICKOL, SCHRODER, TANGRETTI, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI,
WRIGHT, BALDWIN, FRANKEL, GOODMAN, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CRAHALLA, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, HESS, JAMES, MARKOSEK, R. MILLER, PARKER, SAYLOR,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS AND BEYER, FEBRUARY 27, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 27, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act relating to insurance; establishing an
3 insurance department; and amending, revising, and
4 consolidating the law relating to the licensing,
5 qualification, regulation, examination, suspension, and
6 dissolution of insurance companies, Lloyds associations,
7 reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and certain
8 societies and orders, the examination and regulation of fire
9 insurance rating bureaus, and the licensing and regulation of
10 insurance agents and brokers; the service of legal process
11 upon foreign insurance companies, associations or exchanges;
12 providing penalties, and repealing existing laws," further
13 providing for powers and duties of department.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 602-A of the act of May 17, 1921
17 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of
18 1921, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
19 Section 602-A. Powers and duties of department.
20 * * *
21 (c) Limitations.--The commissioner's use of fingerprints
1 shall be limited as follows:
2 (1) The fingerprint submission of an applicant shall
3 only be obtained in order for the department to receive
4 national criminal history records on the applicant and the
5 fingerprint submission shall be destroyed upon receipt of the
6 records.
7 (2) No fingerprint submission or copy shall be retained
8 by the commissioner or transferred to the NAIC, any of its
9 successors or any other national entity or any other agent or
10 affiliate acting under the direction of the commissioner.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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