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          Date of Hearing:  April 13, 2016 


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                               Lorena Gonzalez, Chair


          AB  
          2884 (Committee on Insurance) - As Amended March 30, 2016


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This omnibus bill makes numerous minor, technical, and  
          clarifying changes to the Insurance Code, including, for  
          example: 









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          1)Deleting the prohibition on having more than four vehicles  
            covered by a private passenger automobile insurance policy.


          2)Requiring an individual who has failed a licensing examination  
            administered by the department 10 times in one 12 month period  
            to wait 12 months before taking the examination again.


          3)Creating an inactive license status for independent adjusters  
            and public adjusters.


          4)Other minor, technical, and clarifying changes.


          FISCAL EFFECT:


          Negligible state fiscal impact.


          COMMENTS:


          Purpose. This is the annual Department of Insurance (DOI)  
          omnibus bill.  It contains numerous minor or non-controversial  
          changes to the Insurance Code.   


          Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081














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