BILL NUMBER: AB 269	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2015

   An act to amend Section 10095.5 of the Insurance Code, relating to
insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 269, as introduced, Waldron. Basic property insurance:
California FAIR Plan.
   Under existing law, the California FAIR (fair access to insurance
requirements) Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association of
state insurers that is established to, among other things, assist
persons in securing basic property insurance for qualified property
for which insurance cannot be obtained through the normal insurance
market. Existing law requires the association to establish and
maintain a toll-free telephone number through which persons may
receive assistance in applying for insurance.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   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.  Section 10095.5 of the Insurance Code is amended to
read:
   10095.5.  (a) The association shall establish and maintain a
statewide toll-free "800"  telephone  number through which
persons may receive assistance in applying for insurance through the
plan. The association shall cause the number to be published in all
general distribution telephone directories in California.
   (b)  Every   An  insurance agent or
broker transacting basic property insurance shall either assist
persons in making application for insurance through the plan or
provide persons who desire that insurance with the toll-free 
telephone  number established pursuant to subdivision (a).