PRINTER'S NO. 2478
No. 1997 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY TRAVAGLIO, BELARDI, ROBINSON, TIGUE, MERRY,
HENNESSEY, GEIST, CORRIGAN, COLAFELLA, YOUNGBLOOD, TRELLO,
MELIO AND STABACK, SEPTEMBER 20, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1995
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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