BILL NUMBER: SB 260	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Monning

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to add Section 45.5 to the Insurance Code, relating to
insurance.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 260, as introduced, Monning. Insurance: reports: electronic
submission.
   Existing law provides for the regulation of insurers by the
Department of Insurance. Existing law directs the Insurance
Commissioner to enforce the execution of laws regulating the business
of insurance. The existing Insurance Code requires various entities
to submit certain reports to specified committees of the Legislature.

   This bill would authorize certain reports required to be submitted
to a committee of the Legislature pursuant to the Insurance Code to
be submitted electronically, as specified. The bill would also
require that a report that is required under the Insurance Code to be
submitted to a committee of the Legislature also be submitted as an
electronic or printed copy to the Legislative Counsel.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 45.5 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:
   45.5.  (a) For purposes of this section, "report" includes any
study or audit.
   (b) A report required under this code to be submitted to a
committee of the Legislature shall also be submitted as an electronic
or printed copy to the Legislative Counsel.
   (c) Reports required under Sections 1872.95, 11629.85, and 13902
may be submitted electronically to a committee of the Legislature.
This subdivision is not intended to prohibit the submission of a
report electronically if authorized by any other law or the consent
of any legislative committee.
   (d) (1) A report under this code that is submitted electronically
to a committee of the Legislature, may be submitted in any of the
following ways:
   (A) Providing the committee a digital copy of the report delivered
by electronic means to a person or account designated to receive
reports.
   (B) Providing the committee a digital copy of the report stored on
permanent media delivered by first-class mail.
   (C) Placing the report on the reporting entity's Internet Web site
so that it is publicly available for a period of no less than three
years. If a report is submitted electronically in accordance with
this subparagraph, the committee shall be provided notice that the
report is available that includes specific instructions on how to
access the report and how to request a hardcopy. The notice shall be
delivered by first-class mail or by electronic means and addressed to
the person or account designated to receive reports.
   (2) Reports and notices submitted electronically shall be provided
in a standard format accessible by software or other means that is
available without charge or obligation and is acceptable to the
committee.