PRINTER'S NO. 718
No. 680 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TRAVAGLIO, M. COHEN, BELARDI, GEIST, PESCI, TRELLO, VAN HORNE, SEYFERT AND McCALL, MARCH 2, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 2, 1999
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," requiring casualty insurance 12 companies to offer liability coverage for township officials 13 for errors and omissions occurring while performing their 14 official duties. 15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 16 hereby enacts as follows: 17 Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known 18 as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a 19 section to read: 20 Section 206.3. Liability Coverage for Township Officials.-- 21 All casualty insurance companies doing business in this 22 Commonwealth shall offer to provide liability insurance coverage 23 for township officials for errors and omissions occurring while
1 performing their official duties.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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