PRINTER'S NO. 840
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
717
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, BAKER, TRUITT, MILLARD, RAPP, PASHINSKI,
JAMES, DeLUCA, D. COSTA AND MAJOR, MARCH 4, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 4, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 11, 1996 (2nd Sp.Sess., P.L.1879,
No.10), entitled "An act directing the Insurance Commissioner
to establish and administer a flood insurance education and
information program," further providing for flood insurance
education and information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the act of July 11, 1996 (2nd
Sp.Sess., P.L.1879, No.10), known as the Flood Insurance
Education and Information Act, is amended to read:
Section 3. Flood insurance education and information.
(a) Program established.--The Insurance Commissioner shall
authorize and establish a flood insurance consumer education
plan to encourage residents of this Commonwealth to purchase and
maintain flood insurance focusing on properties which have
suffered previous flood damage. The plan shall be implemented
throughout this Commonwealth and shall include such information
as the Insurance Commissioner deems appropriate.
[(b) Annual reports.--No later than March 1 of each year,
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the Insurance Commissioner shall present a report to the General
Assembly detailing the plan and its implementation and progress
and recommendations for further promotion of the sale of flood
insurance. The report shall include the number of Commonwealth
residents who have purchased flood insurance during the
preceding year and comparisons to prior years.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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