BILL NUMBER: AB 1214	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nava

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 16032 to the Insurance Code, relating to
fire insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1214, Nava. Fire insurance: underwriters' corps: liability.
   Existing law authorizes any domestic corporation of insurance
underwriters to maintain an underwriters' corps. Under existing law,
an underwriters' corps is defined as a group of persons with officers
and equipment, maintained to discover and prevent fires and to save
life and property from fire.
   This bill would specify that any privately owned or operated
resources hired by an insurer for the purpose of protecting
structures endangered by fire or performing firefighting duties shall
report to the incident commander or his or her designee immediately
upon arriving at the site of a fire. This bill would also require
those resources to obey all directions, including evacuation orders,
given by the incident commander or his or her designee.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 16032 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:
   16032.  Any privately owned or operated resources hired by an
insurer for the purpose of protecting structures endangered by fire
or performing firefighting duties shall report to the incident
commander or his or her designee immediately upon arriving at the
site of a fire. Those resources must obey all directions, including
evacuation orders, given by the incident commander or his or her
designee.