Bill Text: CA AB1923 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Residential property insurance: wildfires: consolidated debris removal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1923 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1923-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 19, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1923 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Limón |
January 24, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The bill would apply these provisions retroactively to any applicable
claim filed on or after July 1, 2017.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 10103.8 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:(a)In the event of loss relating to a “state of emergency,” as defined in Section 8558 of the Government Code, due to a wildfire, a consolidated debris removal program may be implemented pursuant to this section at the direction of the Governor, or his or her designee, in order to protect the health, safety, or natural resources of the community. If a consolidated debris removal program is implemented, the insurers for all residential property insurance policies issued in the county or other area defined in the state of emergency shall participate in the program, except as provided in subdivision (b).
(b)An insurer shall obtain the consent of the residential property owner prior to making the residential property insurance policy providing
coverage for that property subject to this section. If
10103.8.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(c)
For purposes of this section, a “consolidated debris removal program” is a program in which a residential property owner who has insurance in effect at the time of a wildfire, that provides coverage for debris removal, voluntarily assigns any rights, benefits, and proceeds for that coverage, up to the full amount of the coverage, to a county or designated agency and makes any benefits and proceeds directly payable to that county or designated agency. A
(d)
(e)
(f)This section shall be applied retroactively to any applicable claim filed on or after July 1, 2017.