California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2240


Introduced by Assembly Member Beth Gaines

February 18, 2016


An act to amend Section 108.1 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2240, as introduced, Beth Gaines. Insurance: liability insurers.

Existing law establishes the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, which regulates insurers and insurance practices. Existing law provides that an insurer admitted to transact liability insurance is also deemed to be admitted to transact workers’ compensation insurance for the purpose of covering an employee, as defined.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 108.1 of the Insurance Code is amended
2to read:

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108.1.  

begin deleteInsurers end deletebegin insertAn insurer end insertadmitted to transact liability
4insurancebegin delete areend deletebegin insert isend insert also deemed to be admitted to transact workers’
5compensation insurance for the purpose of coveringbegin delete those personsend delete
P2    1begin insert a personend insert defined asbegin delete employeesend deletebegin insert an employeeend insert by subdivision (d) of
2Section 3351 of the Labor Code.



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