Bill Text: IA SF2248 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to service of process made on the commissioner of insurance as the agent or attorney for service of process for regulated individuals and entities and resolving inconsistencies. (Formerly SSB 3130.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-13 - Withdrawn. S.J. 664. [SF2248 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2248-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2248 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3130)

                                 (COMPANION TO HF 2236
                                     BY COMMITTEE ON
                                     COMMERCE)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to service of process made on the commissioner
  2    of insurance as the agent or attorney for service of process
  3    for regulated individuals and entities and resolving
  4    inconsistencies.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 502.611, Code 2018, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    502.611  Service of process.
  1  4    1.  Signed consent to service of process.  A consent to
  1  5 service of process required by this chapter must be signed
  1  6 and filed in the form required by a rule or order under this
  1  7 chapter. A consent appointing the administrator the as a
  1  8  person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action
  1  9 or proceeding against the person, or the person's successor or
  1 10 personal representative under this chapter or a rule adopted
  1 11 or order issued under this chapter after the consent is filed,
  1 12 has the same force and validity as if the service of process
  1 13  were made personally on the person filing the consent. A
  1 14 person that has filed a consent complying with this subsection
  1 15 in connection with a previous application for registration or
  1 16 notice filing need not file an additional consent.
  1 17    2.  Conduct constituting appointment of agent for service of
  1 18 process.  If a person, including a nonresident of this state,
  1 19 engages in an act, practice, or course of business prohibited
  1 20 or made actionable by this chapter or a rule adopted or order
  1 21 issued under this chapter and the person has not filed a
  1 22 consent to service of process under subsection 1, the act,
  1 23 practice, or course of business constitutes the appointment of
  1 24 the administrator as the person's agent for service of process
  1 25 in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person or the
  1 26 person's successor or personal representative.
  1 27    3.  Procedure for service of process.  Service If service of
  1 28 process is made on the administrator under subsection 1 or 2
  1 29 may it shall be made by providing a copy of the process to the
  1 30 office of the administrator as provided in section 505.30, but
  1 31 it is not effective unless all of the following apply:
  1 32    a.  The plaintiff, which may be the administrator, shall
  1 33  promptly sends send notice of the service of process and a
  1 34 copy of the service of process, return receipt requested, by
  1 35 certified mail to the defendant or respondent at the address
  2  1 set forth in the consent to service of process or, if a consent
  2  2 to service of process has not been filed, at to the defendant's
  2  3 or respondent's last known address, or takes other reasonable
  2  4 steps to give notice principal place of business.
  2  5    b.  The plaintiff files shall file an affidavit of compliance
  2  6 with this subsection in the action or proceeding on or before
  2  7 the return day of the service of process, if any, or within
  2  8 the time that the court, or the administrator in a proceeding
  2  9 before the administrator, allows.
  2 10    4.  Service of process in an administrative proceedings
  2 11  proceeding or civil actions action by administrator.  Service of
  2 12 process pursuant to subsection 3 may be used in a proceeding
  2 13 before the administrator or by the administrator in a civil
  2 14 action in which the administrator is the moving party.
  2 15    5.  Opportunity to defend.  If process is served under
  2 16 subsection 3, the court, or the administrator in a proceeding
  2 17 before the administrator, shall order continuances as are
  2 18 necessary or appropriate to afford the defendant or respondent
  2 19 reasonable opportunity to defend.
  2 20    Sec. 2.  Section 505.30, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  2 21 follows:
  2 22    505.30  Service of process == fee made on the commissioner as
  2 23 agent or attorney for service of process == rules and fee.
  2 24    1.  The commissioner of insurance, pursuant to may adopt
  2 25  rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, setting forth procedures
  2 26 related to service of process made on the commissioner as
  2 27 agent or attorney for service of process for an individual or
  2 28 entity within the jurisdiction of the commissioner. The rules
  2 29 shall apply when the individual or entity is required by law
  2 30 to appoint the commissioner to serve, is required by law to
  2 31 consent to have the commissioner serve, is deemed by law to
  2 32 have appointed or to have consented to have the commissioner
  2 33 serve, or elects to appoint or consents to have the
  2 34 commissioner serve as agent or attorney for service of process.
  2 35    2.  The commissioner may collect a reasonable fee each
  3  1 time service of process is served made on the commissioner
  3  2 as allowed by law set forth in subsection 1 or as otherwise
  3  3 allowed by law. Fees  A fee collected by the commissioner
  3  4 under this section subsection shall be used and are is
  3  5  appropriated to the insurance division to offset the costs
  3  6 of receiving such service of process the commissioner acting
  3  7 as agent or attorney for service of process. The party to a
  3  8 proceeding causing requesting service of process is entitled to
  3  9 recover this the fee paid pursuant to this subsection and any
  3 10 rules adopted under this section as costs if the party prevails
  3 11 in the proceeding.
  3 12    3.  The commissioner shall maintain for ninety days a record
  3 13 of each service of process made on the commissioner pursuant
  3 14 to this section, including the date each service of process
  3 15 is made on the commissioner, the date each service of process
  3 16 is forwarded by mail by the commissioner to the defendant
  3 17 or respondent, and the date each certificate of service is
  3 18 submitted electronically to the court. The records may be
  3 19 maintained electronically.
  3 20    Sec. 3.  Section 507A.5, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  3 21 follows:
  3 22    507A.5  Proscribed acts binding on insurer.
  3 23    1.  No A person or insurer shall not directly or indirectly
  3 24 perform any of the acts act of doing an insurance business as
  3 25 defined in this chapter except as provided by and in accordance
  3 26 with the specific authorization by statute. However, should
  3 27 any an unauthorized person or insurer perform any an act of
  3 28 doing an insurance business as set forth in this chapter, it
  3 29 shall be equivalent to and shall constitute an irrevocable
  3 30 appointment by such person or insurer, binding upon the
  3 31 person, the person's executor or administrator, or successor
  3 32 in interest if a corporation, of the commissioner of insurance
  3 33 or the commissioner's successor in office, to be the true and
  3 34 lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in
  3 35 any action, suit or proceeding in any court arising out of
  4  1 doing an insurance business in this state or instituted by
  4  2 or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of any
  4  3  such acts an act of doing an insurance business, except in an
  4  4 action, suit, or proceeding by the commissioner of insurance
  4  5 or by the state. Any An act of doing an insurance business by
  4  6 any an unauthorized person or insurer shall be signification of
  4  7 its agreement that such service of process is of the same legal
  4  8 force and validity as personal service of process in this state
  4  9 upon such person or insurer.
  4 10    2.  Service of process made upon the commissioner as the
  4 11 attorney for service of process shall be made by delivering to
  4 12 and leaving with the commissioner of insurance or some person
  4 13 in apparent charge of the commissioner's office two copies
  4 14 thereof and the payment to the commissioner of such fees as
  4 15 may be prescribed by law as provided in section 505.30. The
  4 16 commissioner of insurance shall forthwith forward by certified
  4 17 mail one of the copies of such process to the defendant at the
  4 18 last known principal place of business and shall keep a record
  4 19 of all process so served. Such service of process shall be
  4 20 sufficient to provide notice if all of the following apply:
  4 21    a.  A The plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney sends a copy of
  4 22 the service of process is sent by certified mail within ten
  4 23 days thereafter by certified mail by plaintiff or plaintiff's
  4 24 attorney to the defendant at the defendant's last known
  4 25 principal place of business.
  4 26    b.  The defendant's receipt or a receipt issued by the post
  4 27 office showing the name of the sender of the letter certified
  4 28 mail and the name and address of the person to whom the letter
  4 29  certified mail is addressed and an affidavit by the plaintiff
  4 30 or plaintiff's attorney showing a attesting to compliance
  4 31 herewith with this subsection are filed with the clerk of the
  4 32 court in which such the action is pending on or before the date
  4 33 the defendant is required to appear or within such further time
  4 34 as the court may allow.
  4 35    3.  Service of process in any such action, suit, or
  5  1 proceeding shall in addition to the manner as provided in
  5  2 this chapter be valid if served made upon any a person within
  5  3 this state who, in this state on behalf of such insurer,
  5  4 is soliciting insurance, making, issuing, or delivering
  5  5 any contract of insurance, or collecting or receiving any
  5  6 premium, membership fee, assessment, or other consideration for
  5  7 insurance, and if all of the following apply:
  5  8    a.  A The plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney sends a copy
  5  9 of such service of process is sent by certified mail within
  5 10 ten days thereafter by certified mail by the plaintiff or
  5 11 plaintiff's attorney to the defendant at the defendant's last
  5 12 known principal place of business of the defendant.
  5 13    b.  The defendant's receipt, or the a receipt issued by
  5 14 the post office showing the name of the sender of the letter
  5 15  certified mail and the name and address of the person to whom
  5 16 the letter certified mail is addressed, and an affidavit of by
  5 17  the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney showing a attesting to
  5 18  compliance herewith with this subsection are filed with the
  5 19 clerk of the court in which such action is pending on or before
  5 20 the date the defendant is required to appear or within such
  5 21 further time as the court may allow.
  5 22    4.  No A plaintiff shall not be entitled to a judgment by
  5 23 default under this chapter until the expiration of thirty
  5 24 days from the date of the filing of on which the plaintiff or
  5 25 plaintiff's attorney files the affidavit of compliance.
  5 26    5.  Nothing in this section shall limit or abridge the right
  5 27 to serve any process, notice, or demand upon any insurer in any
  5 28 other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
  5 29    Sec. 4.  Section 508E.3, subsection 7, Code 2018, is amended
  5 30 to read as follows:
  5 31    7.  The commissioner shall not issue a license to a
  5 32 nonresident applicant unless a written designation of an
  5 33 agent for service of process is filed and maintained with the
  5 34 commissioner or the applicant has filed with the commissioner
  5 35 the applicant's written irrevocable consent that any action
  6  1 against the applicant may be commenced against the applicant by
  6  2 service of process on the commissioner.  If an applicant files
  6  3 such consent, service of process made on the commissioner as
  6  4 the agent for service of process shall be made as provided in
  6  5 section 505.30.
  6  6    Sec. 5.  Section 511.28, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  6  7 follows:
  6  8    511.28  Service of process.
  6  9    Any notice or process, with three copies of the notice
  6 10 or process, may be mailed to the commissioner at Des Moines,
  6 11 Iowa, in a certified mail letter addressed to the commissioner
  6 12 by the commissioner's official title. The commissioner
  6 13 shall acknowledge service on behalf of the defendant foreign
  6 14 insurance company by writing, giving the date of receipt of
  6 15 the notice or process, and shall return the notice or process
  6 16 in a certified mail letter to the clerk of the court in which
  6 17 the suit is pending, addressed to the clerk by the clerk's
  6 18 official title, and shall also mail a copy, with a copy of the
  6 19 commissioner's acknowledgment of service written thereon, in a
  6 20 certified mail letter addressed to the person or corporation
  6 21 named or designated by such company in the written instrument.
  6 22 Notice or process received prior to 10 a.m. shall be forwarded
  6 23 the same working day. Notice or process received after 10 a.m.
  6 24 shall be forwarded the next working day. A fee of fifteen
  6 25 dollars must accompany the request for notice or process.
  6 26 Service of process made on the commissioner as the agent for
  6 27 service of process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.
  6 28    Sec. 6.  Section 512B.33, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  6 29 follows:
  6 30    512B.33  Service of process.
  6 31    1.  A society authorized to do business in this state shall
  6 32 file in the office of the commissioner a power of attorney
  6 33 and an agreement in writing that service of process in any
  6 34 action or proceeding against the society may be served on the
  6 35 commissioner and shall be of the same legal force and validity
  7  1 as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall
  7  2 continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding
  7  3 in this state. Copies A copy of the power of attorney,
  7  4 certified by the commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient
  7  5 evidence of the appointment and shall be admitted in evidence
  7  6 with the same force and effect as the original.
  7  7    2.  Service of process shall only be made upon the
  7  8 commissioner, or if absent, upon the person in charge of
  7  9 the commissioner's office made on the commissioner as the
  7 10 agent for service of process shall be made as provided in
  7 11 section 505.30. Service shall be made in triplicate and shall
  7 12 constitute sufficient service upon the society. When legal
  7 13 process against a society is served upon the commissioner, the
  7 14 commissioner shall promptly forward one of the duplicate copies
  7 15 by registered mail, prepaid, directed to the secretary or
  7 16 corresponding officer of the society. A society shall not be
  7 17 required to file its answer, pleading, or defense in less than
  7 18 thirty days from the date of mailing the copy of the service
  7 19 to a society the commissioner sends a copy of the service of
  7 20 process to the society by certified mail as provided in  section
  7 21 505.30. Legal process shall not be served made upon a society
  7 22 except in the manner provided in this section.
  7 23    Sec. 7.  Section 514.2A, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  7 24 follows:
  7 25    514.2A  Service of process.
  7 26    A nonprofit health service corporation authorized to
  7 27 do business in this state shall file in the office of the
  7 28 commissioner a power of attorney and an agreement in writing
  7 29 that service of process in any action or proceeding against
  7 30 the corporation may be served made on the commissioner and
  7 31 shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served made
  7 32  upon the corporation, and that the authority shall continue
  7 33 in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this
  7 34 state. Copies A copy of the power of attorney, certified by
  7 35 the commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of the
  8  1 appointment and shall be admitted in evidence with the same
  8  2 force and effect as the original.  Service of process made on
  8  3 the commissioner as the attorney for service of process shall
  8  4 be made as provided in section 505.30.
  8  5    Sec. 8.  Section 515.77, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  8  6 follows:
  8  7    515.77  Service of process.
  8  8    Any notice or service of process, with three copies of the
  8  9 notice or process, may be mailed to the commissioner at Des
  8 10 Moines, Iowa, in a certified mail letter addressed to the
  8 11 commissioner by the commissioner's official title made on the
  8 12 commissioner as agent for service of process shall be made as
  8 13 provided in section 505.30. The commissioner shall acknowledge
  8 14 service on behalf of the defendant foreign insurance company by
  8 15 writing, giving the date of receipt of the notice or process,
  8 16 and shall return the notice or process in a certified mail
  8 17 letter to the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending,
  8 18 addressed to the clerk by the clerk's official title, and
  8 19 shall also mail a copy, with a copy of the commissioner's
  8 20 acknowledgment of service written thereon, in a certified
  8 21 mail letter addressed to the person or corporation named or
  8 22 designated by such company in the written instrument. Notice
  8 23 or process received prior to 10:00 a.m. shall be forwarded the
  8 24 same working day. Notice or process received after 10:00 a.m.
  8 25 shall be forwarded the next working day. A fee of fifteen
  8 26 dollars must accompany the request for notice or process.
  8 27    Sec. 9.  Section 515E.3, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  8 28 follows:
  8 29    515E.3  Risk retention groups organized in this state.
  8 30    To be organized as a risk retention group in this state,
  8 31 the group must be organized and licensed as a liability
  8 32 insurance company authorized by the insurance laws of this
  8 33 state. Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter, a risk
  8 34 retention group organized in this state must comply with all
  8 35 of the laws, rules, and requirements applicable to a liability
  9  1 insurers insurer organized in this state. Additionally, a
  9  2 risk retention group organized in this state must comply with
  9  3 section 515E.4. These requirements do not exempt a risk
  9  4 retention groups group from a duty imposed by any other law or
  9  5 rule of the state. Before it may offer insurance in any state,
  9  6 each a risk retention group shall also submit for approval to
  9  7 the commissioner of insurance of this state a plan of operation
  9  8 or a feasibility study, and revisions of the plan or study,
  9  9  within ten days of any change. The name under which a risk
  9 10 retention group may be chartered and licensed shall be a brief
  9 11 description of its membership followed by the phrase "risk
  9 12 retention group" and, unless its membership consists solely of
  9 13 insurers, shall not include the terms "insurance", "mutual",
  9 14 "reciprocal", or any similar term. All A risk retention groups
  9 15  group chartered in this state shall file with the division
  9 16 and the national association of insurance commissioners an
  9 17 annual statement blank prepared in accordance with instructions
  9 18 prescribed by the commissioner. All financial information
  9 19 reflected in the annual statement shall be kept and prepared in
  9 20 accordance with accounting practices and procedures prescribed
  9 21 by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt by reference
  9 22 the annual statement handbook and the accounting practices and
  9 23 procedures manual of the national association of insurance
  9 24 commissioners.
  9 25    A risk retention group organized in this state shall file
  9 26 in the office of the commissioner a power of attorney and an
  9 27 agreement in writing that service of process in any action
  9 28 or proceeding against the society may be served made on the
  9 29 commissioner and shall be of the same legal force and validity
  9 30 as if served made upon the society, and that the authority
  9 31 shall continue in force so long as any liability remains
  9 32 outstanding in this state. Copies of the power of attorney,
  9 33 certified by the commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient
  9 34 evidence of the appointment and shall be admitted in evidence
  9 35 with the same force and effect as the original.  Service of
 10  1 process made on the commissioner as the attorney for service of
 10  2 process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.
 10  3    Sec. 10.  Section 516E.12, Code 2018, is amended to read as
 10  4 follows:
 10  5    516E.12  Service of process.
 10  6    The commissioner shall be the agent attorney for service of
 10  7 process upon a provider, a service company, or a third=party
 10  8 administrator and, or an issuer of a reimbursement insurance
 10  9 policy.  Service of process made on the commissioner as the
 10 10 agent for service of process shall be made as provided in
 10 11 section 505.30.
 10 12    Sec. 11.  Section 520.6, Code 2018, is amended to read as
 10 13 follows:
 10 14    520.6  Manner of service Service of process.
 10 15    Three copies of such process shall be served and the
 10 16 commissioner of insurance shall file one copy, forward one copy
 10 17 to said attorney, and return one copy with the commissioner's
 10 18 admission of service.  Service of process made on the
 10 19 commissioner as the agent for service of process shall be made
 10 20 as provided in section 505.30.
 10 21    Sec. 12.  Section 521A.3, subsection 7, Code 2018, is amended
 10 22 to read as follows:
 10 23    7.  Jurisdiction == consent to service of process.  The
 10 24 district court is hereby vested with jurisdiction over every
 10 25  a person that is not a resident, is not domiciled, or is
 10 26 not authorized to do business in this state who that files
 10 27 a statement with the commissioner under this section, and
 10 28 over all actions involving such the person arising out of
 10 29 violations of this section, and each such the person shall be
 10 30 deemed to have performed acts equivalent to and constituting
 10 31 an appointment by such a the person of the commissioner to be
 10 32 the person's true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served
 10 33  made all lawful process, notice, or demand in any action, suit,
 10 34 or proceeding arising out of violations a violation of this
 10 35 section. Copies A copy of all such lawful process, notice, or
 11  1 demand shall be served made on the commissioner as the attorney
 11  2 for service of process as provided in section 505.30 and
 11  3 transmitted by registered or certified mail by the commissioner
 11  4 to such person at the person's last known address.
 11  5    Sec. 13.  NEW SECTION.  521B.107  Service of process made on
 11  6 the commissioner as the agent for service of process.
 11  7    Service of process made on the commissioner as the agent for
 11  8 service of process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.
 11  9    Sec. 14.  NEW SECTION.  521C.13  Service of process made on
 11 10 the commissioner as the agent for service of process.
 11 11    Service of process made on the commissioner as the agent for
 11 12 service of process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.
 11 13    Sec. 15.  NEW SECTION.  523A.802A  Service of process made on
 11 14 the commissioner as the agent for service of process.
 11 15    Service of process made on the commissioner as the agent for
 11 16 service of process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.
 11 17    Sec. 16.  Section 523C.20, Code 2018, is amended to read as
 11 18 follows:
 11 19    523C.20  Consent to service of process.
 11 20    If a person engages in conduct subject to regulation under
 11 21 this chapter, the conduct shall constitute the appointment
 11 22 of the commissioner of insurance as the person's attorney
 11 23 to receive service of any lawful process in a noncriminal
 11 24 proceeding against the person, a successor, or personal
 11 25 representative, which grows out of that conduct, with the same
 11 26 force and validity as if served made personally.  Service of
 11 27 process made on the commissioner as the attorney for service of
 11 28 process shall be made as provided in section 505.30.
 11 29    Sec. 17.  Section 523C.21, Code 2018, is amended to read as
 11 30 follows:
 11 31    523C.21  Service of process.
 11 32    The commissioner shall be the agent for service of process
 11 33 upon a service company.  Service of process made on the
 11 34 commissioner as the agent for service of process shall be made
 11 35 as provided in section 505.30.
 12  1    Sec. 18.  Section 523I.102, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
 12  2 amended to read as follows:
 12  3    1.  "Authorized to do business within this state" means a
 12  4 person licensed, registered, or subject to regulation by an
 12  5 agency of the state of Iowa or who has filed a consent to
 12  6 service of process with the commissioner for purposes of this
 12  7 chapter.
 12  8                           EXPLANATION
 12  9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
 12 10 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
 12 11    This bill relates to service of process made on the
 12 12 commissioner of insurance as the agent or attorney for service
 12 13 of process for regulated entities and individuals.
 12 14    Code section 505.30 (insurance division) is amended and
 12 15 provides that the commissioner may adopt rules for the process
 12 16 by which service of process shall be made upon the commissioner
 12 17 as the agent or attorney for service of process for a regulated
 12 18 entity or individual. The commissioner shall also retain for
 12 19 90 days a record of each service of process made, the time
 12 20 served, the date the commissioner mails the service of process
 12 21 to the defendant or respondent and the date each certificate
 12 22 of service is filed with the court. No change is made to the
 12 23 commissioner's ability to collect a reasonable fee for each
 12 24 process made on the commissioner.
 12 25    Code sections 508E.3(7) (viatical settlement contracts),
 12 26 520.6 (reciprocal or interinsurance contracts), and 523C.20 and
 12 27 523C.21 (residential service contracts) are amended to provide
 12 28 that service of process on the commissioner as the agent or
 12 29 attorney for service of process shall be made as provided in
 12 30 Code section 505.30.
 12 31    Code sections 502.611 (uniform securities Act), 507A.5
 12 32 (unauthorized insurers), 512B.33 (fraternal benefit societies),
 12 33 514.2A (nonprofit health service corporations), 515E.3 (risk
 12 34 retention groups and purchasing groups), 516E.12 (motor vehicle
 12 35 service contracts), and 521A.3(7) (insurance holding company
 13  1 systems) are amended to provide that service of process on the
 13  2 commissioner as the agent or attorney for service of process
 13  3 shall be made as provided in Code section 505.30 and to make
 13  4 technical changes for enhanced readability and consistency.
 13  5    Code sections 511.28 (life insurance companies and
 13  6 associations) and 515.77 (insurance other than life) are
 13  7 amended to provide that service of process on the commissioner
 13  8 as the agent for service of process shall be made as
 13  9 provided in Code section 505.30. In addition, the $15.00
 13 10 fee required for service of process on the commissioner is
 13 11 stricken, allowing for a reasonable fee to be collected by the
 13 12 commissioner as provided in Code section 505.30.
 13 13    New Code sections 521B.107 (credit for reinsurance), 521C.13
 13 14 (reinsurance intermediaries), and 523A.802A (cemetery and
 13 15 funeral merchandise and funeral services) require that service
 13 16 of process on the commissioner as the agent for service of
 13 17 process shall be made as provided in Code section 505.30.
 13 18    Code section 523I.201(1) (Iowa cemetery Act) is amended to
 13 19 remove the commissioner as an agent for service of process.
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