BILL NUMBER: SB 474	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to construction insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 474, as introduced, Evans. Insurance: construction.
   Existing law generally regulates insurance.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to govern the use of indemnification and
additional-insured provisions in construction contracts in order to
provide for the equitable resolution of claims fraud, willful injury,
or any other violation of law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to govern the use of indemnification and
additional-insured provisions in construction contracts in order to
provide for the equitable resolution of claims fraud, willful injury,
or any other violation of law.