PRINTER'S NO. 39
No. 59 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, YOUNGBLOOD, DeLUCA, LAUGHLIN, GIGLIOTTI AND SOLOBAY, JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JANUARY 20, 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," 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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